battlecode.common
Class Message

java.lang.Object
  battlecode.common.Message

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cloneable

public final class Message
extends Object
implements Cloneable

A Message is an object that can be broadcast to other robots. You may freely assign arrays or null to an instance's fields, and when the Message is broadcast it is copied into the receiving robots' message queues. Message instances may be mutated and rebroadcast.

See the specs for more information about communication.

Field Summary

int[]	ints An array of ints to broadcast.
MapLocation[]	locations An array of MapLocations to broadcast.
String[]	strings An array of Strings to broadcast.

Constructor Summary

Message()
Constructs an instance with a null value in each field.

Method Summary

Object	clone()
double	getFluxCost() Returns the cost in flux to broadcast the message.
int	getNumBytes() Returns the number of bytes in this message, which can be used to determine the cost of broadcasting it in energon.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

ints

public int[] ints

An array of ints to broadcast.

strings

public String[] strings

An array of Strings to broadcast.

locations

public MapLocation[] locations

An array of MapLocations to broadcast.

Constructor Detail

Message

public Message()

Constructs an instance with a null value in each field.

Method Detail

getNumBytes

public int getNumBytes()

Returns the number of bytes in this message, which can be used to determine the cost of broadcasting it in energon.

Bytecode cost:

10

getFluxCost

public double getFluxCost()

Returns the cost in flux to broadcast the message.

Bytecode cost:

10

clone

public Object clone()

Overrides:

clone in class Object

Bytecode cost:

25