X-Git-Url: https://git.opendaylight.org/gerrit/gitweb?p=controller.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=opendaylight%2Fmd-sal%2Fcds-access-api%2Fsrc%2Fmain%2Fjava%2Forg%2Fopendaylight%2Fcontroller%2Fcluster%2Faccess%2Fconcepts%2FMessage.java;h=8788c0df989e248d1eddad1be62b16a46237644a;hp=30e631eed7b0e9f46ba5e5fd2a72e985d9981233;hb=refs%2Fchanges%2F59%2F47459%2F4;hpb=97542f208267cb5392fc8c8d9baf6c1d3ee4ae32 diff --git a/opendaylight/md-sal/cds-access-api/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/cluster/access/concepts/Message.java b/opendaylight/md-sal/cds-access-api/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/cluster/access/concepts/Message.java index 30e631eed7..8788c0df98 100644 --- a/opendaylight/md-sal/cds-access-api/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/cluster/access/concepts/Message.java +++ b/opendaylight/md-sal/cds-access-api/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/cluster/access/concepts/Message.java @@ -23,21 +23,26 @@ import org.opendaylight.yangtools.concepts.WritableIdentifier; * An abstract concept of a Message. This class cannot be instantiated directly, use its specializations {@link Request} * and {@link Response}. * + *

* Messages have a target and a sequence number. Sequence numbers are expected to be assigned monotonically on a * per-target basis, hence two targets can observe the same sequence number. * + *

* This class includes explicit versioning for forward- and backward- compatibility of serialization format. This is * achieved by using the serialization proxy pattern. Subclasses are in complete control of what proxy is used to * serialize a particular object on the wire. This class can serve as an explicit version marker, hence no further * action is necessary in the deserialization path. * + *

* For the serialization path an explicit call from the user is required to select the appropriate serialization * version. This is done via {@link #toVersion(ABIVersion)} method, which should return a copy of this object with * the requested ABI version recorded and should return the appropriate serialization proxy. * + *

* This workflow allows least disturbance across ABI versions, as all messages not affected by a ABI version bump * will remain working with the same serialization format for the new ABI version. * + *

* Note that this class specifies the {@link Immutable} contract, which means that all subclasses must follow this API * contract. * @@ -74,7 +79,8 @@ public abstract class Message externalizableProxy(@Nonnull ABIVersion version); + @Nonnull + abstract AbstractMessageProxy externalizableProxy(@Nonnull ABIVersion reqVersion); protected final Object writeReplace() { return externalizableProxy(version);