MessageListener.java

package org.jgroups;

import org.jgroups.util.MessageBatch;

/**
 * MessageListener allows a listener to be notified when a {@link Message} or a state transfer
 * events arrives to a node.
 * <p>
 * MessageListener is often used by JGroups building blocks installed on top of a channel i.e
 * RpcDispatcher and MessageDispatcher.
 * 
 * 
 * @see org.jgroups.blocks.RpcDispatcher
 * @see org.jgroups.blocks.MessageDispatcher
 * 
 * @since 2.0
 * @author Bela Ban
 * @author Vladimir Blagojevic
 */
public interface MessageListener extends StateListener {

   /**
    * Called when a message is received.
    * @param msg
    */
    void receive(Message msg);

    /** Called when a batch of messages is received */
    default void receive(MessageBatch batch) {
        for(Message msg: batch) {
            try {receive(msg);}
            catch(Throwable t) {}
        }
    }
}