netcom.util
Class BloomUpdate

java.lang.Object
  netcom.util.BloomUpdate

public class BloomUpdate

extends java.lang.Object

Title: Bloom Update Packet

Description: This object holds an index list of bits which should be flipped from an origional BloomFilter. It also holds a Datagram Packet with this information encoded as well

Copyright: Copyright (c) 2002

Company: NETCOM

See Also:

BloomFilter

Constructor Summary

BloomUpdate(java.net.DatagramPacket bloom_packet)
constructor to create a BloomUpdate object from an incoming datagram packet that has been created from another BloomUpdate object

BloomUpdate(int[] changed_indexes)
Constructor to create a BloomUpdate object from a predefined array of changed indexes

Method Summary

java.net.DatagramPacket	getDatagram(AddressPort dest_address) Getter to actually get the Datagram Packet representation of this BloomUpdate
int[]	getIndexList() Getter method to retrieve the ArrayList of flipped indexes
int	getPort() Getter method for the port
java.lang.String	toString() toString() method for debugging purposes

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

BloomUpdate

public BloomUpdate(int[] changed_indexes)

Constructor to create a BloomUpdate object from a predefined array of changed indexes

Parameters:

changed_indexes - int array representing changed indexes

BloomUpdate

public BloomUpdate(java.net.DatagramPacket bloom_packet)

constructor to create a BloomUpdate object from an incoming datagram packet that has been created from another BloomUpdate object

Parameters:

bloom_packet - The incoming datagram packet

Method Detail

getPort

public int getPort()

Getter method for the port

getDatagram

public java.net.DatagramPacket getDatagram(AddressPort dest_address)

Getter to actually get the Datagram Packet representation of this BloomUpdate

getIndexList

public int[] getIndexList()

Getter method to retrieve the ArrayList of flipped indexes

Returns:

List of flipped indexes (unmodifiable)

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

toString() method for debugging purposes