akka.dispatch
Interface QueueBasedMessageQueue

All Superinterfaces:

MessageQueue, MultipleConsumerSemantics

All Known Subinterfaces:

BoundedDequeBasedMessageQueue, BoundedQueueBasedMessageQueue, DequeBasedMessageQueue, UnboundedDequeBasedMessageQueue, UnboundedQueueBasedMessageQueue

All Known Implementing Classes:

BoundedDequeBasedMailbox.MessageQueue, BoundedMailbox.MessageQueue, BoundedPriorityMailbox.MessageQueue, PeekMailbox, UnboundedDequeBasedMailbox.MessageQueue, UnboundedMailbox.MessageQueue, UnboundedPriorityMailbox.MessageQueue

public interface QueueBasedMessageQueue
extends MessageQueue, MultipleConsumerSemantics

A QueueBasedMessageQueue is a MessageQueue backed by a java.util.Queue.

Method Summary

void	cleanUp(ActorRef owner, MessageQueue deadLetters) Called when the mailbox this queue belongs to is disposed of.
boolean	hasMessages() Indicates whether this queue is non-empty.
int	numberOfMessages() Should return the current number of messages held in this queue; may always return 0 if no other value is available efficiently.
java.util.Queue<Envelope>	queue()

Methods inherited from interface akka.dispatch.MessageQueue

dequeue, enqueue

Method Detail

queue

java.util.Queue<Envelope> queue()

numberOfMessages

int numberOfMessages()

Description copied from interface: MessageQueue

Should return the current number of messages held in this queue; may always return 0 if no other value is available efficiently. Do not use this for testing for presence of messages, use hasMessages instead.

Specified by:

numberOfMessages in interface MessageQueue

Returns:

(undocumented)

hasMessages

boolean hasMessages()

Description copied from interface: MessageQueue

Indicates whether this queue is non-empty.

Specified by:

hasMessages in interface MessageQueue

Returns:

(undocumented)

cleanUp

void cleanUp(ActorRef owner,
             MessageQueue deadLetters)

Description copied from interface: MessageQueue

Called when the mailbox this queue belongs to is disposed of. Normally it is expected to transfer all remaining messages into the dead letter queue which is passed in. The owner of this MessageQueue is passed in if available (e.g. for creating DeadLetters()), “/deadletters” otherwise.

Specified by:

cleanUp in interface MessageQueue

Parameters:

owner - (undocumented)

deadLetters - (undocumented)