Package net.messagevortex.accounting

Interface HeaderVerifier

All Known Subinterfaces:
Accountant
All Known Implementing Classes:
DummyAccountant
public interface HeaderVerifier

Interface for an Accountant to verify the header for further processing.

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    int
    verifyHeaderForProcessing(IdentityBlock header)
    checks the given IdentityBlock for validity of processing.

  • Method Details

    • verifyHeaderForProcessing

      int verifyHeaderForProcessing(IdentityBlock header)

      checks the given IdentityBlock for validity of processing.

      One of the following criteria must be met:

      • The identity is known and the serial has not yet reached its replay limit and is not replayed too early
      • The identity is not known but has a RequestIdentityBlock
      • The IdentityBlock is not known but has a request capability block
      Parameters:
      header - the header to be verified
      Returns:
      the maximum nuber of bytes allowed for processing