drm.core
Interface IDRM

All Known Implementing Classes:

Node

public interface IDRM

Interface for getting information about the DRM collective. The object passed to the agents as a parameter of setBase implements not only IBase but also this interface if the agent lives on a Node. This way agents that live on a Node can get information about the DRM collective the Node participates in.

Method Summary

ContributionBox	getContribution(java.lang.String nodeName) Returns the contribution that belongs to the given node name.
java.util.List	getContributions() Returns all known contributions in the DRM collective.
ContributionBox	getNewestContribution() Returns the most up-to-date contribution.

Method Detail

getContribution

public ContributionBox getContribution(java.lang.String nodeName)

Returns the contribution that belongs to the given node name. If the contribution of the given node is not known, returns null.

getNewestContribution

public ContributionBox getNewestContribution()

Returns the most up-to-date contribution. Returns null if the node has never communicated with anyone.

getContributions

public java.util.List getContributions()

Returns all known contributions in the DRM collective. Dynamic type of objects is ContributionBox, and the type of the contribution field is NodeContribution. Returned list might be empty, but it's never null.

See Also:

Collective.getContributions()