anthill.nest
Class AntDescriptor

java.lang.Object
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  +--anthill.nest.AntDescriptor

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class AntDescriptor

extends Object

implements Serializable

This class contains information about an ant,including the identifier of the nest which has sent it to this host, the identifier of the ant, the remaining time-to-live and a reference to the ant itself.

Version:

$Revision: 1.7 $

Author:

Alberto Montresor

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

AntDescriptor(NestId sender, Ant ant, int ttl)
Instantiates an ant descriptor and copies the initialization parameters in it.

Method Summary

Ant	getAnt() Return a reference to the ant associated with this ant descriptor.
NestId	getLastVisited() Return the identifier of the last nest visited by the ant associated with this ant descriptor.
int	getTTL() Return the remaining time-to-live of this ant.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AntDescriptor

public AntDescriptor(NestId sender,
                     Ant ant,
                     int ttl)

Instantiates an ant descriptor and copies the initialization parameters in it.

Method Detail

getAnt

public Ant getAnt()

Return a reference to the ant associated with this ant descriptor.

getLastVisited

public NestId getLastVisited()

Return the identifier of the last nest visited by the ant associated with this ant descriptor.

getTTL

public int getTTL()

Return the remaining time-to-live of this ant.