1 /* 2 * Copyright 2013 The Netty Project 3 * 4 * The Netty Project licenses this file to you under the Apache License, 5 * version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 6 * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at: 7 * 8 * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT 12 * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the 13 * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations 14 * under the License. 15 */ 16 17 package io.netty.channel; 18 19 import io.netty.util.ReferenceCounted; 20 21 import java.net.SocketAddress; 22 23 /** 24 * A message that wraps another message with a sender address and a recipient address. 25 * 26 * @param <M> the type of the wrapped message 27 * @param <A> the type of the address 28 */ 29 public interface AddressedEnvelope<M, A extends SocketAddress> extends ReferenceCounted { 30 /** 31 * Returns the message wrapped by this envelope message. 32 */ 33 M content(); 34 35 /** 36 * Returns the address of the sender of this message. 37 */ 38 A sender(); 39 40 /** 41 * Returns the address of the recipient of this message. 42 */ 43 A recipient(); 44 45 @Override 46 AddressedEnvelope<M, A> retain(); 47 48 @Override 49 AddressedEnvelope<M, A> retain(int increment); 50 51 @Override 52 AddressedEnvelope<M, A> touch(); 53 54 @Override 55 AddressedEnvelope<M, A> touch(Object hint); 56 }