Method getNextMessageToRemove

routing/MaxPropRouter.java:270–286

Returns the next message that should be dropped, according to MaxProp's message ordering scheme (see MaxPropTupleComparator). @param excludeMsgBeingSent If true, excludes message(s) that are being sent from the next-to-be-dropped check (i.e., if next message to drop is being sent, the follow

(boolean excludeMsgBeingSent)

	 * exludeMsgBeingSent is true)
	 */
    @Override
	protected Message getNextMessageToRemove(boolean excludeMsgBeingSent) {
		Collection<Message> messages = this.getMessageCollection();
		List<Message> validMessages = new ArrayList<Message>();

		for (Message m : messages) {	
			if (excludeMsgBeingSent && isSending(m.getId())) {
				continue; // skip the message(s) that router is sending
			}
			validMessages.add(m);
		}
		
		Collections.sort(validMessages, 
				new MaxPropComparator(this.calcThreshold())); 
		
		return validMessages.get(validMessages.size()-1); // return last message
	}
	
	@Override
	public void update() {