Channel (Apama API Documentation 10.15.1.2)

java.lang.Object
- com.apama.epl.plugin.Channel

```
public class Channel
extends java.lang.Object
```
Class that holds a channel reference and can be passed across the correlator EPL/Java plugin boundary. This class must only be used from an EPL Java Plugin (not from JMon).

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`Channel()`	The default constructor.
`Channel(Channel other)`	Copy constructor
`Channel(Context ctx)`	Create a Channel that wraps a Context
`Channel(java.lang.String name)`	Create a Channel wrapping a channel name

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.Object`	`clone()`
`boolean`	`empty()`	Returns true iff this wraps an empty context i.e.
`boolean`	`equals(java.lang.Object other)`
`int`	`hashCode()`
`java.lang.String`	`toString()`	Returns a string representation of the channel instance.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - Channel
```
public Channel()
```
    The default constructor. Corresponds to "new Channel" in EPL, creating a Channel that wraps an empty context.
  - Channel
```
public Channel(java.lang.String name)
```
    Create a Channel wrapping a channel name
  - Channel
```
public Channel(Context ctx)
```
    Create a Channel that wraps a Context
  - Channel
```
public Channel(Channel other)
```
    Copy constructor
- Method Detail
  - toString
```
public java.lang.String toString()
```
    Returns a string representation of the channel instance. This method produces an identical string to the one produced in MonitorScript.
    
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class java.lang.Object
  - hashCode
```
public int hashCode()
```
    Overrides:
    
    hashCode in class java.lang.Object
  - equals
```
public boolean equals(java.lang.Object other)
```
    Overrides:
    
    equals in class java.lang.Object
  - empty
```
public boolean empty()
```
    Returns true iff this wraps an empty context i.e. sending to this won't do anything
  - clone
```
public java.lang.Object clone()
                       throws java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException
```
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException
    
    See Also:
    
    Object.clone()