Mailer Class Reference
[Communications Facilities]

#include <Mailer.hh>

Inherits Messager.

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Detailed Description

Class for sending messages to a mailbox.

The Mailer class is used for sending messages to a mailbox on a remote communications manager. It is derived from the Messager class from which it inherits several critical functions from.

Public Member Functions
	Mailer (CommManager *mgr, RemoteManager *dest, int max_size, com_id_t mailbox_id, com_id_t exclusive_dest=0)
int	sendMsg (Message *)
int	sendInt (int i)
int	sendDouble (double d)
Message *	getCurMessage () const
void	resetCurMessage ()

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Member Function Documentation

int Mailer::sendDouble (  double  d  )

This is a convenience routines for sending double precision floating point numbers. Use with caution, as it is usually better to bundle related values together in a structure rather than having many individual integer and double mailboxes.

int Mailer::sendInt (  int  i  )

This is a convenience routines for sending integers. Use with caution, as it is usually better to bundle related values together in a structure rather than having many individual integer and double mailboxes.

int Mailer::sendMsg (  Message *   )

This method sends a message to a remote mailbox. If successful, the message will be released and the value 0 will be returned. If the mailbox has been invalidated for any reason, then the message will not be released, and the return value will be -1.

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