NetworkOwner (messagebus 7.268.15 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

MessageBus
```
public interface NetworkOwner
```
A network owner is the object that instantiates and uses a network. The API to send messages across the network is part of the Network interface, whereas this interface exposes the required functionality of a network owner to be able to decode and deliver incoming messages.

Author:

Haavard Pettersen

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`deliverMessage(Message message, java.lang.String session)`	All messages that arrive in the network layer is passed to its owner through this function.
`void`	`deliverReply(Reply reply, ReplyHandler handler)`	All replies that arrive in the network layer is passed through this to unentangle it from the network thread.
`Protocol`	`getProtocol(com.yahoo.text.Utf8Array name)`	All messages are sent across the network with its accompanying protocol name so that it can be decoded at the receiving end.

- Method Detail
  - getProtocol
```
Protocol getProtocol(com.yahoo.text.Utf8Array name)
```
    All messages are sent across the network with its accompanying protocol name so that it can be decoded at the receiving end. The network queries its owner through this function to resolve the protocol from its name.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - The name of the protocol to return.
    
    Returns:
    
    The named protocol.
  - deliverMessage
```
void deliverMessage(Message message,
                    java.lang.String session)
```
    All messages that arrive in the network layer is passed to its owner through this function.
    
    Parameters:
    
    message - The message that just arrived from the network.
    
    session - The name of the session that is the recipient of the request.
  - deliverReply
```
void deliverReply(Reply reply,
                  ReplyHandler handler)
```
    All replies that arrive in the network layer is passed through this to unentangle it from the network thread.
    
    Parameters:
    
    reply - The reply that just arrived from the network.
    
    handler - The handler that is to receive the reply.