/**
* Sends a unicast message to the target defined by msg.getDest() and returns a future
*
* @param msg The unicast message to be sent. msg.getDest() must not be null
* @param options
* @param listener A FutureListener which will be registered (if non null) with the future
* <em>before</em> the call is invoked
* @return NotifyingFuture<T> A future from which the result can be fetched
* @throws Exception If there was problem sending the request, processing it at the receiver, or
* processing it at the sender. {@link java.util.concurrent.Future#get()} will throw this
* exception
* @throws TimeoutException If the call didn't succeed within the timeout defined in options (if
* set)
*/
public <T> NotifyingFuture<T> sendMessageWithFuture(
Message msg, RequestOptions options, FutureListener<T> listener) throws Exception {
Address dest = msg.getDest();
if (dest == null)
throw new IllegalArgumentException("message destination is null, cannot send message");
if (options != null) {
msg.setFlag(options.getFlags()).setTransientFlag(options.getTransientFlags());
if (options.getScope() > 0) msg.setScope(options.getScope());
if (options.getMode() == ResponseMode.GET_NONE) async_unicasts.incrementAndGet();
else sync_unicasts.incrementAndGet();
}
UnicastRequest<T> req = new UnicastRequest<T>(msg, corr, dest, options);
if (listener != null) req.setListener(listener);
req.setBlockForResults(false);
req.execute();
if (options != null && options.getMode() == ResponseMode.GET_NONE)
return new NullFuture<T>(null);
return req;
}
