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package org.apache.derby.impl.store.replication.net;

import java.io.Externalizable;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectInput;
import java.io.ObjectOutput;

/**
 * This message is used for the communication between the master and the
 * slave during Replication. The message is composed of a type flag
 * and corresponding object. Each type flag indicating the type of the 
 * content bundled inside the message.
 */
public class ReplicationMessage implements Externalizable {
    /**
     * The version number is determined based on the database version
     * of the current database. This would help to establish if the 
     * master and the slave in replication are at compatible database
     * versions.
     */
    public static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
    
    /**
     * This is the content of the replication message.
     */
    private Object message;
    
    /**
     * The valid values for the type of the content of the message
     * are listed below.
     */
    private int type;
    
    /**
     * used during the intial handshake between the master and
     * the slave. The initial handshake helps to negotiate the
     * message UIDs and send a appropriate error or acknowledgment.
     * The object this message contains will be a Long.
     * IMPORTANT: This constant must not be changed in future versions since 
     * we need it to decide slave/master version mismatch
     */
    public static final int TYPE_INITIATE_VERSION = 0;

    /**
     * Used during the intial handshake between the master and
     * the slave. Messages of this type are used to ensure that master and 
     * slave have identical log files by checking that they will insert 
     * the next log record on the same byte position in the log.
     * The object this message contains will be a Long.
     */
    public static final int TYPE_INITIATE_INSTANT = 1;

    /**
     * This flag will be used for all messages that carry log records.
     * The Object this message type contains will be a byte
     * array. The content of the byte array is the log records in the
     * binary form.
     */
    public static final int TYPE_LOG = 10;
    
    /**
     * This flag is used to send an acknowledgment of successful completion
     * of a requested operation. It will however not be used to signify
     * reception for every message transmission. The object this message
     * type contains will be a String. The SQLState of the
     * error message can be used here.
     */
    public static final int TYPE_ACK = 11;
    
    /**
     * Indicates that the requested operation was not able to be
     * completed successfully. The object this message type contains
     * will be a String[] where the first length-1 fields
     * are used as arguments to create the exception and the last
     * field contains the SQLState. The SQLState is the last element
     * in the Array, because this means that the whole Array can be
     * used as input to the StandardException creator. The SQLState
     * will be ignored by the exception creator because there is one
     * argument too many. This way we don't have to make a copy of the
     * received Array, containing all elements except the SQLState
     * element.
     */
    public static final int TYPE_ERROR = 12;

    /** A message used to check if the replication network is working. This
     * message type has no object
     */
    public static final int TYPE_PING = 13;

    /** A message sent as a response to a TYPE_PING message. This
     * message type has no object
     */
    public static final int TYPE_PONG = 14;
    
    /**
     * Used to send a stop replication signal to the slave. Since this
     * is a control signal the object this message contains will be null.
     */
    public static final int TYPE_STOP = 20;
    
    /**
     * Used to signal the slave that it must failover. The object associated
     * with this message will be null.
     */
    public static final int TYPE_FAILOVER = 21;
    
    /**
     * public No args constructor required with Externalizable.
     */
    public ReplicationMessage() {}
    
    /**
     * Constructor used to set the type and message.
     * This is used while creating messages for sending while readExternal is
     * used on the receiving end.
     *
     * @param type      The type of this message. Must be one of the message
     *                  type constants of this class (TYPE_LOG, TYPE_ACK,
     *                  TYPE_ERROR, TYPE_INITIATE).
     *
     * @param message   The message to be transmitted.
     *
     */
    public ReplicationMessage(int type, Object message){
        this.type = type;
        this.message = message;
    }
    
    /**
     * Used to get the actual message that is wrapped inside the
     * ReplicationMessage object.
     *
     * @return The object contained in the message
     */
    public Object getMessage(){
        return message;
    }
    
    /**
     * Used to get the type of this ReplicationMessage.
     *
     * @return The type of the message.
     */
    public int getType(){
        return type;
    }
    
    /**
     * Used to restore the contents of this object.
     *
     * @param in the stream to read data from in order to restore the object.
     *
     * @throws IOException If an exception occurs while reading from the
     *                     InputStream.
     *
     * @throws ClassNotFoundException Class of a serialized object cannot
     *                                be found.
     *
     */
    public void readExternal(ObjectInput in) throws IOException,
        ClassNotFoundException {
        switch ((int)in.readLong()) {
            case 1: {
                type = in.readInt();
                message = in.readObject();
                break;
            }
        }
    }
    
    /**
     * Used to save the contents of this Object.
     *
     * @param out the stream to write the object to.
     *
     * @throws IOException if an exception occurs while writing to the
     *                     OutputStream.
     *
     */
    public void writeExternal(ObjectOutput out) throws IOException {
        out.writeLong(serialVersionUID);
        out.writeInt(type);
        out.writeObject(message);
    }
}

 

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