[GEODE-10326] Convert MessageType into an enum

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.16.0
• Component/s: messaging
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Assignee: Jacob Barrett
• Reporter: Jacob Barrett
• Created: 20/May/22 19:59
• Updated: 15/Jun/22 01:37
• Resolved: 15/Jun/22 01:37

Description

Currently MessageType is class with lots of numeric constants, effectively and enum without all the compile time checking that comes with it. Let's make it an enum for type safety.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #7688