Exchange (Camel :: API 3.0.0-M2 API)

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public interface Exchange
```
An Exchange is the message container holding the information during the entire routing of a Message received by a Consumer.
During processing down the Processor chain, the Exchange provides access to the current (not the original) request and response Message messages. The Exchange also holds meta-data during its entire lifetime stored as properties accessible using the various getProperty(String) methods. The setProperty(String, Object) is used to store a property. For example you can use this to store security, SLA related data or any other information deemed useful throughout processing. If an Exchange failed during routing the Exception that caused the failure is stored and accessible via the getException() method.
An Exchange is created when a Consumer receives a request. A new Message is created, the request is set as the body of the Message and depending on the Consumer other Endpoint and protocol related information is added as headers on the Message. Then an Exchange is created and the newly created Message is set as the in on the Exchange. Therefore an Exchange starts its life in a Consumer. The Exchange is then sent down the Route for processing along a Processor chain. The Processor as the name suggests is what processes the Message in the Exchange and Camel, in addition to providing out-of-the-box a large number of useful processors, it also allows you to create your own. The rule Camel uses is to take the out Message produced by the previous Processor and set it as the in for the next Processor. If the previous Processor did not produce an out, then the in of the previous Processor is sent as the next in. At the end of the processing chain, depending on the Message Exchange Pattern (or MEP) the last out (or in of no out available) is sent by the Consumer back to the original caller.
Camel, in addition to providing out-of-the-box a large number of useful processors, it also allows you to implement and use your own. When the Exchange is passed to a Processor, it always contains an in Message and no out Message. The Processor may produce an out, depending on the nature of the Processor. The in Message can be accessed using the getIn() method. Since the out message is null when entering the Processor, the getOut() method is actually a convenient factory method that will lazily instantiate a org.apache.camel.support.DefaultMessage which you could populate. As an alternative you could also instantiate your specialized Message and set it on the exchange using the setOut(org.apache.camel.Message) method. Please note that a Message contains not only the body but also headers and attachments. If you are creating a new Message the headers and attachments of the in Message are not automatically copied to the out by Camel and you'll have to set the headers and attachments you need yourself. If your Processor is not producing a different Message but only needs to slightly modify the in, you can simply update the in Message returned by getIn().
See this FAQ entry for more details.

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field and Description
`static String`	`ACCEPT_CONTENT_TYPE` Deprecated.
`static String`	`AGGREGATED_COLLECTION_GUARD`
`static String`	`AGGREGATED_COMPLETED_BY`
`static String`	`AGGREGATED_CORRELATION_KEY`
`static String`	`AGGREGATED_SIZE`
`static String`	`AGGREGATED_TIMEOUT`
`static String`	`AGGREGATION_COMPLETE_ALL_GROUPS`
`static String`	`AGGREGATION_COMPLETE_ALL_GROUPS_INCLUSIVE`
`static String`	`AGGREGATION_COMPLETE_CURRENT_GROUP`
`static String`	`AGGREGATION_STRATEGY`
`static String`	`ASYNC_WAIT`
`static String`	`AUTHENTICATION`
`static String`	`AUTHENTICATION_FAILURE_POLICY_ID`
`static String`	`BATCH_COMPLETE`
`static String`	`BATCH_INDEX`
`static String`	`BATCH_SIZE`
`static String`	`BEAN_METHOD_NAME`
`static String`	`BINDING`
`static String`	`BREADCRUMB_ID`
`static String`	`CHARSET_NAME`
`static String`	`CIRCUIT_BREAKER_STATE`
`static String`	`CLAIM_CHECK_REPOSITORY`
`static String`	`COMPILE_SCRIPT`
`static String`	`CONTENT_ENCODING`
`static String`	`CONTENT_LENGTH`
`static String`	`CONTENT_TYPE`
`static String`	`COOKIE_HANDLER`
`static String`	`CORRELATION_ID`
`static String`	`CREATED_TIMESTAMP`
`static String`	`DATASET_INDEX`
`static String`	`DEFAULT_CHARSET_PROPERTY`
`static String`	`DESTINATION_OVERRIDE_URL`
`static String`	`DISABLE_HTTP_STREAM_CACHE`
`static String`	`DOCUMENT_BUILDER_FACTORY`
`static String`	`DUPLICATE_MESSAGE`
`static String`	`ERRORHANDLER_CIRCUIT_DETECTED`
`static String`	`ERRORHANDLER_HANDLED`
`static String`	`EVALUATE_EXPRESSION_RESULT`
`static String`	`EXCEPTION_CAUGHT`
`static String`	`EXCEPTION_HANDLED`
`static String`	`EXTERNAL_REDELIVERED`
`static String`	`FAILURE_ENDPOINT`
`static String`	`FAILURE_HANDLED`
`static String`	`FAILURE_ROUTE_ID`
`static String`	`FATAL_FALLBACK_ERROR_HANDLER`
`static String`	`FILE_CONTENT_TYPE`
`static String`	`FILE_LAST_MODIFIED`
`static String`	`FILE_LENGTH`
`static String`	`FILE_LOCAL_WORK_PATH`
`static String`	`FILE_LOCK_EXCLUSIVE_LOCK`
`static String`	`FILE_LOCK_FILE_ACQUIRED`
`static String`	`FILE_LOCK_FILE_NAME`
`static String`	`FILE_LOCK_RANDOM_ACCESS_FILE`
`static String`	`FILE_NAME`
`static String`	`FILE_NAME_CONSUMED`
`static String`	`FILE_NAME_ONLY`
`static String`	`FILE_NAME_PRODUCED`
`static String`	`FILE_PARENT`
`static String`	`FILE_PATH`
`static String`	`FILTER_MATCHED`
`static String`	`FILTER_NON_XML_CHARS`
`static String`	`GROUPED_EXCHANGE`
`static String`	`HTTP_BASE_URI`
`static String`	`HTTP_CHARACTER_ENCODING`
`static String`	`HTTP_CHUNKED`
`static String`	`HTTP_METHOD`
`static String`	`HTTP_PATH`
`static String`	`HTTP_PROTOCOL_VERSION`
`static String`	`HTTP_QUERY`
`static String`	`HTTP_RAW_QUERY`
`static String`	`HTTP_RESPONSE_CODE`
`static String`	`HTTP_RESPONSE_TEXT`
`static String`	`HTTP_SERVLET_REQUEST`
`static String`	`HTTP_SERVLET_RESPONSE`
`static String`	`HTTP_URI`
`static String`	`HTTP_URL`
`static String`	`INTERCEPT_SEND_TO_ENDPOINT_WHEN_MATCHED`
`static String`	`INTERCEPTED_ENDPOINT`
`static String`	`INTERRUPTED`
`static String`	`LANGUAGE_SCRIPT`
`static String`	`LOG_DEBUG_BODY_MAX_CHARS`
`static String`	`LOG_DEBUG_BODY_STREAMS`
`static String`	`LOG_EIP_NAME`
`static String`	`LOOP_INDEX`
`static String`	`LOOP_SIZE`
`static String`	`MAXIMUM_CACHE_POOL_SIZE`
`static String`	`MAXIMUM_ENDPOINT_CACHE_SIZE`
`static String`	`MAXIMUM_SIMPLE_CACHE_SIZE`
`static String`	`MAXIMUM_TRANSFORMER_CACHE_SIZE`
`static String`	`MAXIMUM_VALIDATOR_CACHE_SIZE`
`static String`	`MESSAGE_HISTORY`
`static String`	`MESSAGE_HISTORY_HEADER_FORMAT`
`static String`	`MESSAGE_HISTORY_OUTPUT_FORMAT`
`static String`	`MULTICAST_COMPLETE`
`static String`	`MULTICAST_INDEX`
`static String`	`NOTIFY_EVENT`
`static String`	`ON_COMPLETION`
`static String`	`OVERRULE_FILE_NAME`
`static String`	`PARENT_UNIT_OF_WORK`
`static String`	`RECEIVED_TIMESTAMP`
`static String`	`RECIPIENT_LIST_ENDPOINT`
`static String`	`REDELIVERED`
`static String`	`REDELIVERY_COUNTER`
`static String`	`REDELIVERY_DELAY`
`static String`	`REDELIVERY_EXHAUSTED`
`static String`	`REDELIVERY_MAX_COUNTER`
`static String`	`REST_HTTP_QUERY`
`static String`	`REST_HTTP_URI`
`static String`	`REUSE_SCRIPT_ENGINE`
`static String`	`ROLLBACK_ONLY`
`static String`	`ROLLBACK_ONLY_LAST`
`static String`	`ROUTE_STOP`
`static String`	`SAGA_LONG_RUNNING_ACTION`
`static String`	`SAXPARSER_FACTORY`
`static String`	`SCHEDULER_POLLED_MESSAGES`
`static String`	`SKIP_GZIP_ENCODING`
`static String`	`SKIP_WWW_FORM_URLENCODED`
`static String`	`SLIP_ENDPOINT`
`static String`	`SLIP_PRODUCER`
`static String`	`SOAP_ACTION`
`static String`	`SPLIT_COMPLETE`
`static String`	`SPLIT_INDEX`
`static String`	`SPLIT_SIZE`
`static String`	`STEP_ID`
`static String`	`STREAM_CACHE_UNIT_OF_WORK`
`static String`	`TIMER_COUNTER`
`static String`	`TIMER_FIRED_TIME`
`static String`	`TIMER_NAME`
`static String`	`TIMER_PERIOD`
`static String`	`TIMER_TIME`
`static String`	`TO_ENDPOINT`
`static String`	`TRACE_EVENT`
`static String`	`TRACE_EVENT_EXCHANGE`
`static String`	`TRACE_EVENT_NODE_ID`
`static String`	`TRACE_EVENT_TIMESTAMP`
`static String`	`TRANSFER_ENCODING`
`static String`	`TRY_ROUTE_BLOCK`
`static String`	`UNIT_OF_WORK_EXHAUSTED`
`static String`	`UNIT_OF_WORK_PROCESS_SYNC` Deprecated. UNIT_OF_WORK_PROCESS_SYNC is not in use and will be removed in future Camel release
`static String`	`XSLT_ERROR`
`static String`	`XSLT_FATAL_ERROR`
`static String`	`XSLT_FILE_NAME`
`static String`	`XSLT_WARNING`

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`void`	`addOnCompletion(Synchronization onCompletion)` Adds a `Synchronization` to be invoked as callback when this exchange is completed.
`boolean`	`containsOnCompletion(Synchronization onCompletion)` Checks if the passed `Synchronization` instance is already contained on this exchange.
`Exchange`	`copy()` Creates a copy of the current message exchange so that it can be forwarded to another destination
`CamelContext`	`getContext()` Returns the container so that a processor can resolve endpoints from URIs
`Date`	`getCreated()` Gets the timestamp when this exchange was created.
`Exception`	`getException()` Returns the exception associated with this exchange
`<T> T`	`getException(Class<T> type)` Returns the exception associated with this exchange.
`String`	`getExchangeId()` Returns the exchange id (unique)
`Endpoint`	`getFromEndpoint()` Returns the endpoint which originated this message exchange if a consumer on an endpoint created the message exchange, otherwise this property will be `null`
`String`	`getFromRouteId()` Returns the route id which originated this message exchange if a route consumer on an endpoint created the message exchange, otherwise this property will be `null`
`Message`	`getIn()` Returns the inbound request message
`<T> T`	`getIn(Class<T> type)` Returns the inbound request message as the given type
`Message`	`getMessage()` Returns the current message
`<T> T`	`getMessage(Class<T> type)` Returns the current message as the given type
`Message`	`getOut()` Returns the outbound message, lazily creating one if one has not already been associated with this exchange.
`<T> T`	`getOut(Class<T> type)` Returns the outbound request message as the given type Important: If you want to change the current message, then use `getIn()` instead as it will ensure headers etc.
`ExchangePattern`	`getPattern()` Returns the `ExchangePattern` (MEP) of this exchange.
`Map<String,Object>`	`getProperties()` Returns all of the properties associated with the exchange
`Object`	`getProperty(String name)` Returns a property associated with this exchange by name
`<T> T`	`getProperty(String name, Class<T> type)` Returns a property associated with this exchange by name and specifying the type required
`Object`	`getProperty(String name, Object defaultValue)` Returns a property associated with this exchange by name
`<T> T`	`getProperty(String name, Object defaultValue, Class<T> type)` Returns a property associated with this exchange by name and specifying the type required
`UnitOfWork`	`getUnitOfWork()` Returns the unit of work that this exchange belongs to; which may map to zero, one or more physical transactions
`List<Synchronization>`	`handoverCompletions()` Handover all the on completions from this exchange
`void`	`handoverCompletions(Exchange target)` Handover all the on completions from this exchange to the target exchange.
`boolean`	`hasOut()` Returns whether an OUT message has been set or not.
`boolean`	`hasProperties()` Returns whether any properties has been set
`Boolean`	`isExternalRedelivered()` Returns true if this exchange is an external initiated redelivered message (such as a JMS broker).
`boolean`	`isFailed()` Returns true if this exchange failed due to either an exception or fault
`boolean`	`isRollbackOnly()` Returns true if this exchange is marked for rollback
`boolean`	`isTransacted()` Returns true if this exchange is transacted
`boolean`	`removeProperties(String pattern)` Remove all of the properties associated with the exchange matching a specific pattern
`boolean`	`removeProperties(String pattern, String... excludePatterns)` Removes the properties from this exchange that match the given `pattern`, except for the ones matching one ore more `excludePatterns`
`Object`	`removeProperty(String name)` Removes the given property on the exchange
`void`	`setException(Throwable t)` Sets the exception associated with this exchange Camel will wrap `Throwable` into `Exception` type to accommodate for the `getException()` method returning a plain `Exception` type.
`void`	`setExchangeId(String id)` Set the exchange id
`void`	`setFromEndpoint(Endpoint fromEndpoint)` Sets the endpoint which originated this message exchange.
`void`	`setFromRouteId(String fromRouteId)` Sets the route id which originated this message exchange.
`void`	`setIn(Message in)` Sets the inbound message instance
`void`	`setMessage(Message message)` Replace the current message instance.
`void`	`setOut(Message out)` Sets the outbound message
`void`	`setPattern(ExchangePattern pattern)` Allows the `ExchangePattern` (MEP) of this exchange to be customized.
`void`	`setProperty(String name, Object value)` Sets a property on the exchange
`void`	`setUnitOfWork(UnitOfWork unitOfWork)` Sets the unit of work that this exchange belongs to; which may map to zero, one or more physical transactions

- Field Detail
  - AUTHENTICATION
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static final String AUTHENTICATION
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  - AUTHENTICATION_FAILURE_POLICY_ID
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static final String AUTHENTICATION_FAILURE_POLICY_ID
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  - ACCEPT_CONTENT_TYPE
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@Deprecated
static final String ACCEPT_CONTENT_TYPE
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    Deprecated.
    
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  - AGGREGATED_SIZE
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static final String AGGREGATED_SIZE
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  - AGGREGATED_TIMEOUT
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static final String AGGREGATED_TIMEOUT
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  - AGGREGATED_COMPLETED_BY
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static final String AGGREGATED_COMPLETED_BY
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  - AGGREGATED_CORRELATION_KEY
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static final String AGGREGATED_CORRELATION_KEY
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  - AGGREGATED_COLLECTION_GUARD
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static final String AGGREGATED_COLLECTION_GUARD
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  - AGGREGATION_STRATEGY
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static final String AGGREGATION_STRATEGY
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  - AGGREGATION_COMPLETE_CURRENT_GROUP
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static final String AGGREGATION_COMPLETE_CURRENT_GROUP
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  - AGGREGATION_COMPLETE_ALL_GROUPS
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static final String AGGREGATION_COMPLETE_ALL_GROUPS
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  - AGGREGATION_COMPLETE_ALL_GROUPS_INCLUSIVE
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static final String AGGREGATION_COMPLETE_ALL_GROUPS_INCLUSIVE
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  - ASYNC_WAIT
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static final String ASYNC_WAIT
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  - BATCH_INDEX
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static final String BATCH_INDEX
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  - BATCH_SIZE
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static final String BATCH_SIZE
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  - BATCH_COMPLETE
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static final String BATCH_COMPLETE
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  - BEAN_METHOD_NAME
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static final String BEAN_METHOD_NAME
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  - BINDING
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static final String BINDING
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  - BREADCRUMB_ID
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static final String BREADCRUMB_ID
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  - CHARSET_NAME
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static final String CHARSET_NAME
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  - CIRCUIT_BREAKER_STATE
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static final String CIRCUIT_BREAKER_STATE
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  - CREATED_TIMESTAMP
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static final String CREATED_TIMESTAMP
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  - CLAIM_CHECK_REPOSITORY
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static final String CLAIM_CHECK_REPOSITORY
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  - CONTENT_ENCODING
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static final String CONTENT_ENCODING
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  - CONTENT_LENGTH
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static final String CONTENT_LENGTH
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  - CONTENT_TYPE
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static final String CONTENT_TYPE
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  - COOKIE_HANDLER
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static final String COOKIE_HANDLER
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  - CORRELATION_ID
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static final String CORRELATION_ID
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  - DATASET_INDEX
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static final String DATASET_INDEX
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  - DEFAULT_CHARSET_PROPERTY
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static final String DEFAULT_CHARSET_PROPERTY
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  - DESTINATION_OVERRIDE_URL
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static final String DESTINATION_OVERRIDE_URL
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  - DISABLE_HTTP_STREAM_CACHE
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static final String DISABLE_HTTP_STREAM_CACHE
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  - DUPLICATE_MESSAGE
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static final String DUPLICATE_MESSAGE
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  - DOCUMENT_BUILDER_FACTORY
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static final String DOCUMENT_BUILDER_FACTORY
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  - EXCEPTION_CAUGHT
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static final String EXCEPTION_CAUGHT
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  - EXCEPTION_HANDLED
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static final String EXCEPTION_HANDLED
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  - EVALUATE_EXPRESSION_RESULT
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static final String EVALUATE_EXPRESSION_RESULT
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  - ERRORHANDLER_CIRCUIT_DETECTED
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static final String ERRORHANDLER_CIRCUIT_DETECTED
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  - ERRORHANDLER_HANDLED
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static final String ERRORHANDLER_HANDLED
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  - EXTERNAL_REDELIVERED
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static final String EXTERNAL_REDELIVERED
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  - FAILURE_HANDLED
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static final String FAILURE_HANDLED
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  - FAILURE_ENDPOINT
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static final String FAILURE_ENDPOINT
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  - FAILURE_ROUTE_ID
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static final String FAILURE_ROUTE_ID
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  - FATAL_FALLBACK_ERROR_HANDLER
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static final String FATAL_FALLBACK_ERROR_HANDLER
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  - FILE_CONTENT_TYPE
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static final String FILE_CONTENT_TYPE
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  - FILE_LOCAL_WORK_PATH
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static final String FILE_LOCAL_WORK_PATH
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  - FILE_NAME
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static final String FILE_NAME
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  - FILE_NAME_ONLY
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static final String FILE_NAME_ONLY
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  - FILE_NAME_PRODUCED
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static final String FILE_NAME_PRODUCED
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  - FILE_NAME_CONSUMED
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static final String FILE_NAME_CONSUMED
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  - FILE_PATH
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static final String FILE_PATH
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  - FILE_PARENT
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static final String FILE_PARENT
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  - FILE_LAST_MODIFIED
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static final String FILE_LAST_MODIFIED
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  - FILE_LENGTH
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static final String FILE_LENGTH
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  - FILE_LOCK_FILE_ACQUIRED
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static final String FILE_LOCK_FILE_ACQUIRED
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  - FILE_LOCK_FILE_NAME
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static final String FILE_LOCK_FILE_NAME
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  - FILE_LOCK_EXCLUSIVE_LOCK
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static final String FILE_LOCK_EXCLUSIVE_LOCK
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  - FILE_LOCK_RANDOM_ACCESS_FILE
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static final String FILE_LOCK_RANDOM_ACCESS_FILE
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  - FILTER_MATCHED
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static final String FILTER_MATCHED
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  - FILTER_NON_XML_CHARS
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static final String FILTER_NON_XML_CHARS
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  - GROUPED_EXCHANGE
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static final String GROUPED_EXCHANGE
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  - HTTP_BASE_URI
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static final String HTTP_BASE_URI
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  - HTTP_CHARACTER_ENCODING
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static final String HTTP_CHARACTER_ENCODING
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  - HTTP_METHOD
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static final String HTTP_METHOD
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  - HTTP_PATH
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static final String HTTP_PATH
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  - HTTP_PROTOCOL_VERSION
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static final String HTTP_PROTOCOL_VERSION
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  - HTTP_QUERY
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static final String HTTP_QUERY
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  - HTTP_RAW_QUERY
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static final String HTTP_RAW_QUERY
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  - HTTP_RESPONSE_CODE
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static final String HTTP_RESPONSE_CODE
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  - HTTP_RESPONSE_TEXT
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static final String HTTP_RESPONSE_TEXT
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  - HTTP_URI
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static final String HTTP_URI
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  - HTTP_URL
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static final String HTTP_URL
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  - HTTP_CHUNKED
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static final String HTTP_CHUNKED
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  - HTTP_SERVLET_REQUEST
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static final String HTTP_SERVLET_REQUEST
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  - HTTP_SERVLET_RESPONSE
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static final String HTTP_SERVLET_RESPONSE
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  - INTERCEPTED_ENDPOINT
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static final String INTERCEPTED_ENDPOINT
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  - INTERCEPT_SEND_TO_ENDPOINT_WHEN_MATCHED
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static final String INTERCEPT_SEND_TO_ENDPOINT_WHEN_MATCHED
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  - INTERRUPTED
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static final String INTERRUPTED
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  - LANGUAGE_SCRIPT
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static final String LANGUAGE_SCRIPT
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  - LOG_DEBUG_BODY_MAX_CHARS
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static final String LOG_DEBUG_BODY_MAX_CHARS
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  - LOG_DEBUG_BODY_STREAMS
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static final String LOG_DEBUG_BODY_STREAMS
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  - LOG_EIP_NAME
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static final String LOG_EIP_NAME
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  - LOOP_INDEX
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static final String LOOP_INDEX
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  - LOOP_SIZE
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static final String LOOP_SIZE
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  - SAGA_LONG_RUNNING_ACTION
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static final String SAGA_LONG_RUNNING_ACTION
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  - MAXIMUM_CACHE_POOL_SIZE
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static final String MAXIMUM_CACHE_POOL_SIZE
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  - MAXIMUM_ENDPOINT_CACHE_SIZE
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static final String MAXIMUM_ENDPOINT_CACHE_SIZE
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  - MAXIMUM_SIMPLE_CACHE_SIZE
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static final String MAXIMUM_SIMPLE_CACHE_SIZE
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  - MAXIMUM_TRANSFORMER_CACHE_SIZE
```
static final String MAXIMUM_TRANSFORMER_CACHE_SIZE
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - MAXIMUM_VALIDATOR_CACHE_SIZE
```
static final String MAXIMUM_VALIDATOR_CACHE_SIZE
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - MESSAGE_HISTORY
```
static final String MESSAGE_HISTORY
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - MESSAGE_HISTORY_HEADER_FORMAT
```
static final String MESSAGE_HISTORY_HEADER_FORMAT
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - MESSAGE_HISTORY_OUTPUT_FORMAT
```
static final String MESSAGE_HISTORY_OUTPUT_FORMAT
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - MULTICAST_INDEX
```
static final String MULTICAST_INDEX
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - MULTICAST_COMPLETE
```
static final String MULTICAST_COMPLETE
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - NOTIFY_EVENT
```
static final String NOTIFY_EVENT
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - ON_COMPLETION
```
static final String ON_COMPLETION
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - OVERRULE_FILE_NAME
```
static final String OVERRULE_FILE_NAME
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - PARENT_UNIT_OF_WORK
```
static final String PARENT_UNIT_OF_WORK
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - STREAM_CACHE_UNIT_OF_WORK
```
static final String STREAM_CACHE_UNIT_OF_WORK
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - RECIPIENT_LIST_ENDPOINT
```
static final String RECIPIENT_LIST_ENDPOINT
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - RECEIVED_TIMESTAMP
```
static final String RECEIVED_TIMESTAMP
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - REDELIVERED
```
static final String REDELIVERED
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - REDELIVERY_COUNTER
```
static final String REDELIVERY_COUNTER
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - REDELIVERY_MAX_COUNTER
```
static final String REDELIVERY_MAX_COUNTER
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - REDELIVERY_EXHAUSTED
```
static final String REDELIVERY_EXHAUSTED
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - REDELIVERY_DELAY
```
static final String REDELIVERY_DELAY
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - REST_HTTP_URI
```
static final String REST_HTTP_URI
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - REST_HTTP_QUERY
```
static final String REST_HTTP_QUERY
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - ROLLBACK_ONLY
```
static final String ROLLBACK_ONLY
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - ROLLBACK_ONLY_LAST
```
static final String ROLLBACK_ONLY_LAST
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - ROUTE_STOP
```
static final String ROUTE_STOP
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - REUSE_SCRIPT_ENGINE
```
static final String REUSE_SCRIPT_ENGINE
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - COMPILE_SCRIPT
```
static final String COMPILE_SCRIPT
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - SAXPARSER_FACTORY
```
static final String SAXPARSER_FACTORY
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - SCHEDULER_POLLED_MESSAGES
```
static final String SCHEDULER_POLLED_MESSAGES
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - SOAP_ACTION
```
static final String SOAP_ACTION
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - SKIP_GZIP_ENCODING
```
static final String SKIP_GZIP_ENCODING
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - SKIP_WWW_FORM_URLENCODED
```
static final String SKIP_WWW_FORM_URLENCODED
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - SLIP_ENDPOINT
```
static final String SLIP_ENDPOINT
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - SLIP_PRODUCER
```
static final String SLIP_PRODUCER
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - SPLIT_INDEX
```
static final String SPLIT_INDEX
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - SPLIT_COMPLETE
```
static final String SPLIT_COMPLETE
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - SPLIT_SIZE
```
static final String SPLIT_SIZE
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - STEP_ID
```
static final String STEP_ID
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - TIMER_COUNTER
```
static final String TIMER_COUNTER
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - TIMER_FIRED_TIME
```
static final String TIMER_FIRED_TIME
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - TIMER_NAME
```
static final String TIMER_NAME
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - TIMER_PERIOD
```
static final String TIMER_PERIOD
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - TIMER_TIME
```
static final String TIMER_TIME
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - TO_ENDPOINT
```
static final String TO_ENDPOINT
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - TRACE_EVENT
```
static final String TRACE_EVENT
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - TRACE_EVENT_NODE_ID
```
static final String TRACE_EVENT_NODE_ID
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - TRACE_EVENT_TIMESTAMP
```
static final String TRACE_EVENT_TIMESTAMP
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - TRACE_EVENT_EXCHANGE
```
static final String TRACE_EVENT_EXCHANGE
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - TRY_ROUTE_BLOCK
```
static final String TRY_ROUTE_BLOCK
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - TRANSFER_ENCODING
```
static final String TRANSFER_ENCODING
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - UNIT_OF_WORK_EXHAUSTED
```
static final String UNIT_OF_WORK_EXHAUSTED
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - UNIT_OF_WORK_PROCESS_SYNC
```
@Deprecated
static final String UNIT_OF_WORK_PROCESS_SYNC
```
    Deprecated. UNIT_OF_WORK_PROCESS_SYNC is not in use and will be removed in future Camel release
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - XSLT_FILE_NAME
```
static final String XSLT_FILE_NAME
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - XSLT_ERROR
```
static final String XSLT_ERROR
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - XSLT_FATAL_ERROR
```
static final String XSLT_FATAL_ERROR
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - XSLT_WARNING
```
static final String XSLT_WARNING
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
- Method Detail
  - getPattern
```
ExchangePattern getPattern()
```
    Returns the ExchangePattern (MEP) of this exchange.
    
    Returns:
    
    the message exchange pattern of this exchange
  - setPattern
```
void setPattern(ExchangePattern pattern)
```
    Allows the ExchangePattern (MEP) of this exchange to be customized. This typically won't be required as an exchange can be created with a specific MEP by calling Endpoint.createExchange(ExchangePattern) but it is here just in case it is needed.
    
    Parameters:
    
    pattern - the pattern
  - getProperty
```
Object getProperty(String name)
```
    Returns a property associated with this exchange by name
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - the name of the property
    
    Returns:
    
    the value of the given property or null if there is no property for the given name
  - getProperty
```
Object getProperty(String name,
                   Object defaultValue)
```
    Returns a property associated with this exchange by name
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - the name of the property
    
    defaultValue - the default value to return if property was absent
    
    Returns:
    
    the value of the given property or defaultValue if there is no property for the given name
  - getProperty
```
<T> T getProperty(String name,
                  Class<T> type)
```
    Returns a property associated with this exchange by name and specifying the type required
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - the name of the property
    
    type - the type of the property
    
    Returns:
    
    the value of the given property or null if there is no property for the given name or null if it cannot be converted to the given type
  - getProperty
```
<T> T getProperty(String name,
                  Object defaultValue,
                  Class<T> type)
```
    Returns a property associated with this exchange by name and specifying the type required
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - the name of the property
    
    defaultValue - the default value to return if property was absent
    
    type - the type of the property
    
    Returns:
    
    the value of the given property or defaultValue if there is no property for the given name or null if it cannot be converted to the given type
  - setProperty
```
void setProperty(String name,
                 Object value)
```
    Sets a property on the exchange
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - of the property
    
    value - to associate with the name
  - removeProperty
```
Object removeProperty(String name)
```
    Removes the given property on the exchange
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - of the property
    
    Returns:
    
    the old value of the property
  - removeProperties
```
boolean removeProperties(String pattern)
```
    Remove all of the properties associated with the exchange matching a specific pattern
    
    Parameters:
    
    pattern - pattern of names
    
    Returns:
    
    boolean whether any properties matched
  - removeProperties
```
boolean removeProperties(String pattern,
                         String... excludePatterns)
```
    Removes the properties from this exchange that match the given pattern, except for the ones matching one ore more excludePatterns
    
    Parameters:
    
    pattern - pattern of names that should be removed
    
    excludePatterns - one or more pattern of properties names that should be excluded (= preserved)
    
    Returns:
    
    boolean whether any properties matched
  - getProperties
```
Map<String,Object> getProperties()
```
    Returns all of the properties associated with the exchange
    
    Returns:
    
    all the headers in a Map
  - hasProperties
```
boolean hasProperties()
```
    Returns whether any properties has been set
    
    Returns:
    
    true if any properties has been set
  - getIn
```
Message getIn()
```
    Returns the inbound request message
    
    Returns:
    
    the message
  - getMessage
```
Message getMessage()
```
    Returns the current message
    
    Returns:
    
    the current message
  - getMessage
```
<T> T getMessage(Class<T> type)
```
    Returns the current message as the given type
    
    Parameters:
    
    type - the given type
    
    Returns:
    
    the message as the given type or null if not possible to covert to given type
  - setMessage
```
void setMessage(Message message)
```
    Replace the current message instance.
    
    Parameters:
    
    message - the new message
  - getIn
```
<T> T getIn(Class<T> type)
```
    Returns the inbound request message as the given type
    
    Parameters:
    
    type - the given type
    
    Returns:
    
    the message as the given type or null if not possible to covert to given type
  - setIn
```
void setIn(Message in)
```
    Sets the inbound message instance
    
    Parameters:
    
    in - the inbound message
  - getOut
```
Message getOut()
```
    Returns the outbound message, lazily creating one if one has not already been associated with this exchange.
    
    Important: If you want to change the current message, then use getIn() instead as it will ensure headers etc. is kept and propagated when routing continues. Bottom line end users should rarely use this method.
    
    If you want to test whether an OUT message have been set or not, use the hasOut() method.
    See also the class java doc for this Exchange for more details and this FAQ entry.
    
    Returns:
    
    the response
    
    See Also:
    
    getIn()
  - getOut
```
<T> T getOut(Class<T> type)
```
    Returns the outbound request message as the given type
    
    Important: If you want to change the current message, then use getIn() instead as it will ensure headers etc. is kept and propagated when routing continues. Bottom line end users should rarely use this method.
    
    If you want to test whether an OUT message have been set or not, use the hasOut() method.
    See also the class java doc for this Exchange for more details and this FAQ entry.
    
    Parameters:
    
    type - the given type
    
    Returns:
    
    the message as the given type or null if not possible to covert to given type
    
    See Also:
    
    getIn(Class)
  - hasOut
```
boolean hasOut()
```
    Returns whether an OUT message has been set or not.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if an OUT message exists, false otherwise.
  - setOut
```
void setOut(Message out)
```
    Sets the outbound message
    
    Parameters:
    
    out - the outbound message
  - getException
```
Exception getException()
```
    Returns the exception associated with this exchange
    
    Returns:
    
    the exception (or null if no faults)
  - getException
```
<T> T getException(Class<T> type)
```
    Returns the exception associated with this exchange.
    Is used to get the caused exception that typically have been wrapped in some sort of Camel wrapper exception
    The strategy is to look in the exception hierarchy to find the first given cause that matches the type. Will start from the bottom (the real cause) and walk upwards.
    
    Parameters:
    
    type - the exception type
    
    Returns:
    
    the exception (or null if no caused exception matched)
  - setException
```
void setException(Throwable t)
```
    Sets the exception associated with this exchange
    Camel will wrap Throwable into Exception type to accommodate for the getException() method returning a plain Exception type.
    
    Parameters:
    
    t - the caused exception
  - isFailed
```
boolean isFailed()
```
    Returns true if this exchange failed due to either an exception or fault
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this exchange failed due to either an exception or fault
    
    See Also:
    
    getException(), Message.setFault(boolean), Message.isFault()
  - isTransacted
```
boolean isTransacted()
```
    Returns true if this exchange is transacted
  - isExternalRedelivered
```
Boolean isExternalRedelivered()
```
    Returns true if this exchange is an external initiated redelivered message (such as a JMS broker).
    Important: It is not always possible to determine if the message is a redelivery or not, and therefore null is returned. Such an example would be a JDBC message. However JMS brokers provides details if a message is redelivered.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if redelivered, false if not, null if not able to determine
  - isRollbackOnly
```
boolean isRollbackOnly()
```
    Returns true if this exchange is marked for rollback
  - getContext
```
CamelContext getContext()
```
    Returns the container so that a processor can resolve endpoints from URIs
    
    Returns:
    
    the container which owns this exchange
  - copy
```
Exchange copy()
```
    Creates a copy of the current message exchange so that it can be forwarded to another destination
  - getFromEndpoint
```
Endpoint getFromEndpoint()
```
    Returns the endpoint which originated this message exchange if a consumer on an endpoint created the message exchange, otherwise this property will be null
  - setFromEndpoint
```
void setFromEndpoint(Endpoint fromEndpoint)
```
    Sets the endpoint which originated this message exchange. This method should typically only be called by Endpoint implementations
    
    Parameters:
    
    fromEndpoint - the endpoint which is originating this message exchange
  - getFromRouteId
```
String getFromRouteId()
```
    Returns the route id which originated this message exchange if a route consumer on an endpoint created the message exchange, otherwise this property will be null
  - setFromRouteId
```
void setFromRouteId(String fromRouteId)
```
    Sets the route id which originated this message exchange. This method should typically only be called by the internal framework.
    
    Parameters:
    
    fromRouteId - the from route id
  - getUnitOfWork
```
UnitOfWork getUnitOfWork()
```
    Returns the unit of work that this exchange belongs to; which may map to zero, one or more physical transactions
  - setUnitOfWork
```
void setUnitOfWork(UnitOfWork unitOfWork)
```
    Sets the unit of work that this exchange belongs to; which may map to zero, one or more physical transactions
  - getExchangeId
```
String getExchangeId()
```
    Returns the exchange id (unique)
  - setExchangeId
```
void setExchangeId(String id)
```
    Set the exchange id
  - addOnCompletion
```
void addOnCompletion(Synchronization onCompletion)
```
    Adds a Synchronization to be invoked as callback when this exchange is completed.
    
    Parameters:
    
    onCompletion - the callback to invoke on completion of this exchange
  - containsOnCompletion
```
boolean containsOnCompletion(Synchronization onCompletion)
```
    Checks if the passed Synchronization instance is already contained on this exchange.
    
    Parameters:
    
    onCompletion - the callback instance that is being checked for
    
    Returns:
    
    true, if callback instance is already contained on this exchange, else false
  - handoverCompletions
```
void handoverCompletions(Exchange target)
```
    Handover all the on completions from this exchange to the target exchange.
    
    Parameters:
    
    target - the target exchange
  - handoverCompletions
```
List<Synchronization> handoverCompletions()
```
    Handover all the on completions from this exchange
    
    Returns:
    
    the on completions
  - getCreated
```
Date getCreated()
```
    Gets the timestamp when this exchange was created.

Interface Exchange

Field Summary

Method Summary

Field Detail

AUTHENTICATION

AUTHENTICATION_FAILURE_POLICY_ID

ACCEPT_CONTENT_TYPE

AGGREGATED_SIZE

AGGREGATED_TIMEOUT

AGGREGATED_COMPLETED_BY

AGGREGATED_CORRELATION_KEY

AGGREGATED_COLLECTION_GUARD

AGGREGATION_STRATEGY

AGGREGATION_COMPLETE_CURRENT_GROUP

AGGREGATION_COMPLETE_ALL_GROUPS

AGGREGATION_COMPLETE_ALL_GROUPS_INCLUSIVE

ASYNC_WAIT

BATCH_INDEX

BATCH_SIZE

BATCH_COMPLETE

BEAN_METHOD_NAME

BINDING

BREADCRUMB_ID

CHARSET_NAME

CIRCUIT_BREAKER_STATE

CREATED_TIMESTAMP

CLAIM_CHECK_REPOSITORY

CONTENT_ENCODING

CONTENT_LENGTH

CONTENT_TYPE

COOKIE_HANDLER

CORRELATION_ID

DATASET_INDEX

DEFAULT_CHARSET_PROPERTY

DESTINATION_OVERRIDE_URL

DISABLE_HTTP_STREAM_CACHE

DUPLICATE_MESSAGE

DOCUMENT_BUILDER_FACTORY

EXCEPTION_CAUGHT

EXCEPTION_HANDLED

EVALUATE_EXPRESSION_RESULT

ERRORHANDLER_CIRCUIT_DETECTED

ERRORHANDLER_HANDLED

EXTERNAL_REDELIVERED

FAILURE_HANDLED

FAILURE_ENDPOINT

FAILURE_ROUTE_ID

FATAL_FALLBACK_ERROR_HANDLER

FILE_CONTENT_TYPE

FILE_LOCAL_WORK_PATH

FILE_NAME

FILE_NAME_ONLY

FILE_NAME_PRODUCED

FILE_NAME_CONSUMED

FILE_PATH

FILE_PARENT

FILE_LAST_MODIFIED

FILE_LENGTH

FILE_LOCK_FILE_ACQUIRED

FILE_LOCK_FILE_NAME

FILE_LOCK_EXCLUSIVE_LOCK

FILE_LOCK_RANDOM_ACCESS_FILE

FILTER_MATCHED

FILTER_NON_XML_CHARS

GROUPED_EXCHANGE

HTTP_BASE_URI

HTTP_CHARACTER_ENCODING

HTTP_METHOD

HTTP_PATH

HTTP_PROTOCOL_VERSION

HTTP_QUERY

HTTP_RAW_QUERY

HTTP_RESPONSE_CODE

HTTP_RESPONSE_TEXT

HTTP_URI

HTTP_URL

HTTP_CHUNKED

HTTP_SERVLET_REQUEST

HTTP_SERVLET_RESPONSE

INTERCEPTED_ENDPOINT