Class MergeView

public MergeView(Address creator,
                 long id,
                 Vector members,
                 Vector subgroups)

Creates a new view

Parameters:

creator - The creator of this view (can not be null)

id - The lamport timestamp of this view

members - Contains a list of all the members in the view, can be empty but not null.

subgroups - A list of Views representing the former subgroups

public MergeView(ViewId vid,
                 Vector members,
                 Vector subgroups)

Creates a new view

Parameters:

vid - The view id of this view (can not be null)

members - Contains a list of all the members in the view, can be empty but not null.

subgroups - A list of Views representing the former subgroups

public Object clone()

creates a copy of this view

Overrides:

clone in interface View

Returns:

a copy of this view

public void readExternal(ObjectInput in)
            throws IOException,
                   ClassNotFoundException

Overrides:

readExternal in interface View

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in interface View

public void writeExternal(ObjectOutput out)
            throws IOException

Overrides:

writeExternal in interface View