com.sap.engine.interfaces.messaging.api

Class Party

java.lang.Object
  com.sap.engine.interfaces.messaging.api.Party

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable

public final class Party
extends Object
implements Serializable, Comparable

A Party identifies a participant in a message exchange. It offers one or more Services that can act on multiple processes (Actions). There are two parties specified in each Message, one of the sender (the from party) and one of the receiver (the to party).

See Also:

Service, Action, Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Party(String name)
Constructs a new Party object with a name but no type.

Party(String name, String type)
Constructs a new Party object with a name and a type.

Method Summary

int	compareTo(Object o)
boolean	equals(Object obj)
String	getName() Returns the name of the Party.
String	getType() Returns the type of the Party.
int	hashCode()
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Party

public Party(String name,
             String type)

Constructs a new Party object with a name and a type.

Parameters:

name - the party name.

type - the party type.

Party

public Party(String name)

Constructs a new Party object with a name but no type.

Parameters:

name - the party name.

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

Returns the name of the Party.

Returns:

party name.

getType

public String getType()

Returns the type of the Party.

Returns:

party type.

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

compareTo

public int compareTo(Object o)

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable

Access Rights

This class can be accessed from:

SC	DC	Public Part	ACH
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