li/cil/oc/api/network/Message.scala

package li.cil.oc.api.network

import _root_.scala.beans.BeanProperty

/**
 * This type is used to deliver messages sent in a component network.
 * <p/>
 * We use an extra class to deliver messages to nodes to make the cancel logic
 * more clear (returning a boolean can get annoying very fast).
 */
trait Message {
  /**
   * The node that sent the message.
   *
   * @return the source node.
   */
  @BeanProperty
  def source: Node

  /**
   * The name of this message.
   *
   * @return the name of the message.
   */
  @BeanProperty
  def name: String

  /**
   * The values passed along in the message.
   *
   * @return the message data.
   */
  @BeanProperty
  def data: Array[Any]

  /**
   * Stop further propagation of a broadcast message.
   * <p/>
   * This can be used to stop further distributing messages when either serving
   * a message to a specific address and there are multiple nodes with that
   * address, or when serving a broadcast message. (`sendToAll`).
   * <p/>
   * Note that system messages cannot be canceled (i.e. connect, disconnect and
   * reconnect messages). This function will do nothing in that case.
   */
  def cancel()
}