rice.p2p.past.gc
Interface GCPastContent

All Superinterfaces:

PastContent, java.io.Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

RawGCPastContent

All Known Implementing Classes:

Aggregate, DebugContent, JavaSerializedGCPastContent, RawAggregate

public interface GCPastContent

extends PastContent

Version:

$Id: GCPastContent.java 2302 2005-03-11 00:58:26Z jeffh $

Author:

Alan Mislove, Andreas Haeberlen

Method Summary

GCPastContentHandle	getHandle(GCPast local, long expiration) Produces a handle for this content object.
GCPastMetadata	getMetadata(long expiration) Returns the metadata which should be stored with this object.
long	getVersion() Returns the version number associated with this PastContent object - version numbers are designed to be monotonically increasing numbers which signify different versions of the same object.

Methods inherited from interface rice.p2p.past.PastContent

checkInsert, getHandle, getId, isMutable

Method Detail

getVersion

public long getVersion()

Returns the version number associated with this PastContent object - version numbers are designed to be monotonically increasing numbers which signify different versions of the same object.

Returns:

The version number of this object

getHandle

public GCPastContentHandle getHandle(GCPast local,
                                     long expiration)

Produces a handle for this content object. The handle is retrieved and returned to the client as a result of the Past.lookupHandles() method.

Parameters:

local - DESCRIBE THE PARAMETER

expiration - DESCRIBE THE PARAMETER

Returns:

the handle

getMetadata

public GCPastMetadata getMetadata(long expiration)

Returns the metadata which should be stored with this object. Allows applications to add arbitrary items into the object's metadata.

Parameters:

expiration - DESCRIBE THE PARAMETER

Returns:

the handle