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/* Notification.java -- A notification emitted by a bean.
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package javax.management;

import java.util.Date;
import java.util.EventObject;

/**
 * <p>
 * A notification message that may be emitted by a bean.
 * Notifications have both a message and a type, so individual
 * notifications can be grouped by type.  They also incorporate
 * sequencing, so that the recipient can order the delivered
 * messages correctly (there is no guarantee that they will
 * be delivered in order).
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * Notifications also include a reference to the source of
 * the notification.  The source bean is represented either
 * by an {@link ObjectName} or by a direct reference to the
 * bean.  The former is preferable, and notifications emitted
 * via a {@link MBeanServer} will automatically have the source
 * transformed into an {@link ObjectName}.
 * </p>
 *
 * @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org)
 * @since 1.5
 */
public class Notification
  extends EventObject
{

  /**
   * The notification message.
   *
   * @serial the notification message.
   */
  private String message;

  /**
   * The notification's sequence number, relative to the notifications
   * emitted by the bean.
   *
   * @serial the notification sequence number.
   */
  private long sequenceNumber;

  /**
   * The source of the notification.  This is redeclared in order to
   * replace the <code>source</code> variable in {@link java.util.EventObject}
   * with a non-transient version.
   *
   * @serial the notification source.
   */
  protected Object source;

  /**
   * The time the notification was generated.
   *
   * @serial the notification timestamp.
   */
  private long timeStamp;

  /**
   * The type of notification sent.  This utilises the same style
   * as Java property and package names.  For example,
   * <code>gnu.gcj.compiler</code> may be one type of notifications.
   *
   * @serial the notification type.
   */
  private String type;

  /**
   * The user data associated with the notification.  This includes
   * any additional data which should be transmitted with the notification,
   * but can't be achieved using the {@link java.lang.String} format
   * of the <code>message</code>.
   *
   * @serial the notification user data.
   */
  private Object userData;

  /**
   * Creates a new {@link Notification} object with the specified type,
   * source and sequence number.  The timestamp is created using the
   * current date and time.
   *
   * @param type the type of the notification.
   * @param source the source of the notification.
   * @param sequenceNumber the sequence number of the notifcation.
   */
  public Notification(String type, Object source, long sequenceNumber)
  {
    this(type, source, sequenceNumber, new Date().getTime());
  }

  /**
   * Creates a new {@link Notification} object with the specified type,
   * source, sequence number and timestamp.  
   *
   * @param type the type of the notification.
   * @param source the source of the notification.
   * @param sequenceNumber the sequence number of the notifcation.
   * @param timeStamp the time the notification was emitted.
   */
  public Notification(String type, Object source, long sequenceNumber,
		      long timeStamp)
  {
    this(type, source, sequenceNumber, timeStamp, null);
  }

  /**
   * Creates a new {@link Notification} object with the specified type,
   * source, sequence number, timestamp and message.  
   *
   * @param type the type of the notification.
   * @param source the source of the notification.
   * @param sequenceNumber the sequence number of the notifcation.
   * @param timeStamp the time the notification was emitted.
   * @param message the message contained in the notification.
   */
  public Notification(String type, Object source, long sequenceNumber,
		      long timeStamp, String message)
  {
    super(source);
    this.type = type;
    this.sequenceNumber = sequenceNumber;
    this.timeStamp = timeStamp;
    this.message = message;
  }

  /**
   * Creates a new {@link Notification} object with the specified type,
   * source, sequence number and message.  The timestamp is created using
   * the current date and time.
   *
   * @param type the type of the notification.
   * @param source the source of the notification.
   * @param sequenceNumber the sequence number of the notifcation.
   * @param message the message contained in the notification.
   */
  public Notification(String type, Object source, long sequenceNumber,
		      String message)
  {
    this(type, source, sequenceNumber, new Date().getTime(), message);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the message contained in this notification.  The message
   * is in {@link java.lang.String} form, and is thus intended for
   * display to the end-user.  Data transferred as part of the notification
   * which shouldn't be displayed is included in the <code>userData</code>
   * field.
   *
   * @return the notification message.
   * @see #getUserData()
   * @see #setUserData(java.lang.Object)
   */
  public String getMessage()
  {
    return message;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the sequence number of this notification.  This
   * can be used to determine the order in which notifications
   * were emitted by the broadcasting bean.
   *
   * @return the sequence number.
   * @see #setSequenceNumber(long)
   */
  public long getSequenceNumber()
  {
    return sequenceNumber;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the date and time at which this notification was
   * emitted.
   *
   * @return the notification timestamp.
   * @see #setTimeStamp(long)
   */
  public long getTimeStamp()
  {
    return timeStamp;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the type of this notification.  Types take the same
   * form as Java package and property names.
   *
   * @return the type of the notification.
   */
  public String getType()
  {
    return type;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the additional user data associated with the notification.
   * This is used to attach additional non-textual information to the
   * notification.
   *
   * @return the user data associated with the notification.
   * @see #setUserData(java.lang.Object)
   */
  public Object getUserData()
  {
    return userData;
  }

  /**
   * Sets the sequence number to the value specified.
   *
   * @param sequenceNumber the new sequence number.
   * @see #getSequenceNumber()
   */
  public void setSequenceNumber(long sequenceNumber)
  {
    this.sequenceNumber = sequenceNumber;
  }

  /**
   * Sets the source of this notification to the value
   * specified.
   *
   * @param source the new source of the notification.
   * @see java.util.EventSource#getSource()
   */
  public void setSource(Object source)
  {
    this.source = source;
  }

  /**
   * Sets the date and time at which this notification
   * was emitted.
   *
   * @param timeStamp the new time stamp of the notification.
   * @see #getTimeStamp()
   */
  public void setTimeStamp(long timeStamp)
  {
    this.timeStamp = timeStamp;
  }

  /**
   * Sets the additional user data associated with the notification
   * to the specified value.  This is used to attach additional
   * non-textual information to the notification.
   *
   * @param userData the new user data associated with the notification.
   * @see #getUserData()
   */
  public void setUserData(Object userData)
  {
    this.userData = userData;
  }

  /**
   * A textual representation of the notification.
   * 
   * @return the notification in {@link java.lang.String} form.
   */
  public String toString()
  {
    return getClass().getName()
      + "[message=" + message 
      + ", sequenceNumber=" + sequenceNumber 
      + ", source=" + source 
      + ", timeStamp=" + timeStamp
      + ", type=" + type
      + ", userData=" + userData
      + "]";
  }

}