1 /*
2 * Copyright 2012 The Netty Project
3 *
4 * The Netty Project licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
5 * version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
6 * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
12 * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
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14 * under the License.
15 */
16 package org.jboss.netty.channel;
17
18 import java.net.SocketAddress;
19
20 /**
21 * A {@link ChannelEvent} which represents the transmission or reception of a
22 * message. It can mean the notification of a received message or the request
23 * for writing a message, depending on whether it is an upstream event or a
24 * downstream event respectively. Please refer to the {@link ChannelEvent}
25 * documentation to find out what an upstream event and a downstream event are
26 * and what fundamental differences they have.
27 */
28 public interface MessageEvent extends ChannelEvent {
29
30 /**
31 * Returns the message.
32 */
33 Object getMessage();
34
35 /**
36 * Returns the remote address of the message.
37 */
38 SocketAddress getRemoteAddress();
39 }