IDistributedComponent (Atoti Server Java API - 6.0.26)

All Known Implementing Classes:

DataNode, DistributedActivePivotBase
```
public interface IDistributedComponent
```
Object that can communicate with other IDistributedComponent via their IDistributedMessenger.

Author:

ActiveViam

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`IDistributedMessenger`	`getMessenger()`	Returns the messenger associated to this component that is used for communicating with the other `instances`.
`default void`	`registerDistributedAgent(IDistributedAgent agent)`	Register the given agent to the `IDistributedMessenger`.
`default void`	`startMessenger(IMessengerDefinition messengerDefinition)`	Start the `getMessenger()` if it is the desired behavior.
`default void`	`stopMessenger()`	Stop the `getMessenger()`.

- Method Detail
  - getMessenger
```
IDistributedMessenger getMessenger()
```
    Returns the messenger associated to this component that is used for communicating with the other instances.
  - startMessenger
```
default void startMessenger(IMessengerDefinition messengerDefinition)
                     throws AgentException
```
    Start the getMessenger() if it is the desired behavior.
    
    Parameters:
    
    messengerDefinition - the definition of the messenger
    
    Throws:
    
    AgentException - if the call fails because of incorrect state
    
    See Also:
    
    IMessengerDefinition.AUTO_START
  - stopMessenger
```
default void stopMessenger()
                    throws AgentException
```
    Stop the getMessenger().
    
    Throws:
    
    AgentException - if the call fails because of incorrect state
  - registerDistributedAgent
```
default void registerDistributedAgent(IDistributedAgent agent)
```
    Register the given agent to the IDistributedMessenger.
    
    Parameters:
    
    agent - the agent to register
    
    See Also:
    
    IDistributedMessenger.register(IDistributedAgent)