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/*
* Copyright (c) 2000, 2020, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
*
* Licensed under the Universal Permissive License v 1.0 as shown at
* http://oss.oracle.com/licenses/upl.
*/
package com.tangosol.net;
import com.tangosol.util.UID;
import java.net.InetAddress;
/**
* The Member interface represents a cluster member.
*
* @author gg 2002.02.08
*
* @since Coherence 1.1
*/
public interface Member
extends MemberIdentity
{
/**
* Return the IP address of the Member's DatagramSocket for
* point-to-point communication.
*
* @return the IP address of the Member's DatagramSocket
*/
public InetAddress getAddress();
/**
* Return the port of the Member's DatagramSocket for
* point-to-point communication.
*
* @return the port of the Member's DatagramSocket
*/
public int getPort();
/**
* Return the date/time value (in cluster time) that the Member joined.
*
* @return the cluster date/time value that the Member joined
*/
public long getTimestamp();
/**
* Return the unique identifier of the Member.
*
* @return the unique identifier of the Member
*/
public UID getUid();
/**
* Return a small number that uniquely identifies the Member at this point
* in time and does not change for the life of this Member.
*
* This value sometimes referred to as a "mini-id" in comparison to the
* "Uid" returned by {@link #getUid()}. It does not uniquely identify the
* Member throughout the duration of the cluster because Members that
* existed but left the cluster before this Member existed may have had
* the same mini-id value and the same goes for Members that may join the
* cluster after this Member leaves the cluster.
*
* @return the mini-id of the Member
*
* @since Coherence 1.2
*/
public int getId();
}