- * Implements the synchronous message send to a switch
- * It sends the requested message to the switch followed by a barrier request message
- * It returns the result once it gets the reply from the switch or after a timeout
- * If the protocol does not dictate the switch to reply the processing status for a particular message
- * the barrier request forces the switch to reply saying whether or not the message processing was
- * successful for messages sent to the switch up to this point
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+ * This class implements synchronous operations on message send to a switch. If
+ * syncRequest is set to true, it sends the requested message to the switch
+ * followed by a Barrier request message. It returns the result once it gets the
+ * reply from the switch or after a timeout. If the protocol does not dictate
+ * the switch to reply the processing status for a particular message, the
+ * Barrier request forces the switch to reply saying whether or not the message
+ * processing was successful for messages sent to the switch up to this point.
+ * If syncRequest is false, it simply skips the message send and just waits for
+ * the response back.