net.sf.marineapi.ais.message

Interface AISMessage

All Known Subinterfaces:

AISMessage01, AISMessage02, AISMessage03, AISMessage04, AISMessage05, AISMessage09, AISMessage18, AISMessage19, AISMessage21, AISMessage24, net.sf.marineapi.ais.message.AISPositionInfo, AISPositionReport, AISPositionReportB, AISUTCReport

All Known Implementing Classes:

AISMessageParser

public interface AISMessage

Common base interface of AIS messages.

Author:

Kimmo Tuukkanen

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	getMessageType() Returns the message type.
int	getMMSI() Returns the unique identifier of the transmitting ship (MMSI, Maritime Mobile Service Identity).
int	getRepeatIndicator() Tells how many times the message has been repeated.

Method Detail

getMessageType

int getMessageType()

Returns the message type.

Returns:

Message type in range from 1 to 27.

getRepeatIndicator

int getRepeatIndicator()

Tells how many times the message has been repeated.

Returns:

the number of repeats

getMMSI

int getMMSI()

Returns the unique identifier of the transmitting ship (MMSI, Maritime Mobile Service Identity).

Returns:

MMSI identifier