// ChatMessage.java
// ChatMessage is a Serializable object for messages in the RMI
// ChatClient and ChatServer.
package com.deitel.messenger.rmi;

// Java core packages
import java.io.*;

public class ChatMessage implements Serializable {

   private String sender;   // person sending message
   private String message;  // message being sent
   
   // construct empty ChatMessage
   public ChatMessage() 
   { 
      this( "", "" ); 
   }
   
   // construct ChatMessage with sender and message values
   public ChatMessage( String sender, String message )
   {
      setSender( sender );
      setMessage( message );
   }
   
   // set name of person sending message
   public void setSender( String name ) 
   { 
      sender = name; 
   }
   
   // get name of person sending message 
   public String getSender() 
   { 
      return sender; 
   }
   
   // set message being sent
   public void setMessage( String messageBody ) 
   { 
      message = messageBody; 
   }
     
   // get message being sent
   public String getMessage() 
   { 
      return message; 
   }   
   
   // String representation of ChatMessage
   public String toString() 
   {
      return getSender() + "> " + getMessage();
   }
}

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