Package communication

Class Summary

CommunicationElement	Communication element for a process to communicate with other processes.
IPProcessIdentifier	Identification of a process in the IP context.
Message	Messages are sent and received by processes.
ProcessIdentifier	Generic identifier of a process.
ReliabilitySetting	Set the reliabily settings for a communication element.
ReliableCommElt	Reliable communication element: ensure that all data are sent to receivers or, in case of communication problems, throw explicit exceptions.
SynchronizedBuffer<T>	Utility class for implementation of services: synchronized buffer of elements of any type T
TCPElement	Class used by communication element: manage communications through TCP sockets
UnreliableCommElt	Unreliable element: send a message without the possibility to know if it has been received by the other element or has been lost.

Enum Summary

FaultLevel

Fault level: set the level of packet lost or transmission delay for a communication element.

Exception Summary

CommunicationException	General exception in the context of the communication package
CompoundException	When more than one exception has to be handled, this exception stores several other ones.
DataSendingException	Exception thrown in case of communication problem during a message transmission
UnreachableProcessException	Exception throw if a remote process is not reachable.