//
// $Id: InvocationNotificationEvent.java 3099 2004-08-27 02:21:06Z mdb $
//
// Narya library - tools for developing networked games
// Copyright (C) 2002-2004 Three Rings Design, Inc., All Rights Reserved
// http://www.threerings.net/code/narya/
//
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// by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
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//
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// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
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//
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package com.threerings.presents.dobj {

import com.threerings.io.ObjectInputStream;
import com.threerings.io.ObjectOutputStream;

import com.threerings.util.StringBuilder;

/**
 * Used to dispatch an invocation notification from the server to a
 * client.
 *
 * @see DObjectManager#postEvent
 */
public class InvocationNotificationEvent extends DEvent
{
    /**
     * Constructs a new invocation notification event on the specified
     * target object with the supplied receiver id, method id and
     * arguments.
     *
     * @param targetOid the object id of the object on which the event is
     * to be dispatched.
     * @param receiverId identifies the receiver to which this notification
     * is being dispatched.
     * @param methodId the id of the method to be invoked.
     * @param args the arguments for the method. This array should contain
     * only values of valid distributed object types.
     */
    public function InvocationNotificationEvent (
        targetOid :int, receiverId :int, methodId :int, args :Array)
    {
        super(targetOid);
        _receiverId = receiverId;
        _methodId = methodId;
        _args = args;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the receiver id associated with this notification.
     */
    public function getReceiverId () :int
    {
        return _receiverId;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the id of the method associated with this notification.
     */
    public function getMethodId () :int
    {
        return _methodId;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the arguments associated with this notification.
     */
    public function getArgs () :Array
    {
        return _args;
    }

    /**
     * Applies this attribute change to the object.
     */
    public override function applyToObject (target :DObject) :Boolean
        //throws ObjectAccessException
    {
        // nothing to do here
        return true;
    }

    // documentation inherited
    protected override function notifyListener (listener :Object) :void
    {
        // nothing to do here
    }

    // documentation inherited
    protected override function toStringBuf (buf :StringBuilder) :void
    {
        buf.append("INOT:");
        super.toStringBuf(buf);
        buf.append(", rcvId=", _receiverId);
        buf.append(", methodId=", _methodId);
        buf.append(", args=", _args);
    }

    // documentation inherited
    public override function writeObject (out :ObjectOutputStream) :void
    {
        super.writeObject(out);
        out.writeShort(_receiverId);
        out.writeByte(_methodId);
        out.writeObject(_args);
    }

    // documentation inherited
    public override function readObject (ins :ObjectInputStream) :void
    {
        super.readObject(ins);
        _receiverId = ins.readShort();
        _methodId = ins.readByte();
        _args = (ins.readObject() as Array);
    }

    /** Identifies the receiver to which this notification is being
     * dispatched. */
    protected var _receiverId :int;

    /** The id of the receiver method being invoked. */
    protected var _methodId :int;

    /** The arguments to the receiver method being invoked. */
    protected var _args :Array;
}
}