Package org.apache.camel

Interface Endpoint

All Superinterfaces:

AutoCloseable, IsSingleton, Service

All Known Subinterfaces:

ApiEndpoint, AsyncEndpoint, BrowsableEndpoint, DelegateEndpoint, InterceptSendToEndpoint

public interface Endpoint
extends IsSingleton, Service

An endpoint implements the Message Endpoint pattern and represents an endpoint that can send and receive message exchanges

See Also:

Exchange, Message

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	configureExchange(Exchange exchange)	Configures a newly created Exchange.
void	configureProperties(Map<String,Object> options)	Configure properties on this endpoint.
AsyncProducer	createAsyncProducer()	Creates a new producer which is used send messages into the endpoint Important: Do not do any initialization in the constructor of the Producer.
Consumer	createConsumer(Processor processor)	Creates a new Event Driven Consumer which consumes messages from the endpoint using the given processor Important: Do not do any initialization in the constructor of the Consumer.
Exchange	createExchange()	Create a new exchange for communicating with this endpoint.
Exchange	createExchange(ExchangePattern pattern)	Create a new exchange for communicating with this endpoint with the specified ExchangePattern such as whether its going to be an ExchangePattern.InOnly or ExchangePattern.InOut exchange
PollingConsumer	createPollingConsumer()	Creates a new Polling Consumer so that the caller can poll message exchanges from the consumer using PollingConsumer.receive(), PollingConsumer.receiveNoWait() or PollingConsumer.receive(long) whenever it is ready to do so rather than using the Event Based Consumer returned by createConsumer(Processor) Important: Do not do any initialization in the constructor of the PollingConsumer.
Producer	createProducer()	Creates a new producer which is used send messages into the endpoint.
CamelContext	getCamelContext()	Returns the context which created the endpoint
default String	getEndpointBaseUri()	Returns the string representation of the base endpoint URI (without query parameters).
String	getEndpointKey()	Returns a string key of this endpoint.
String	getEndpointUri()	Returns the string representation of the endpoint URI
ExchangePattern	getExchangePattern()	Returns the default exchange pattern to use when creating an exchange.
boolean	isLenientProperties()	Should all properties be known or does the endpoint allow unknown options?
default boolean	isSingletonProducer()	Whether this endpoint creates singleton producers
void	setCamelContext(CamelContext context)	Sets the camel context.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.camel.IsSingleton

isSingleton

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.camel.Service

build, close, init, start, stop

Method Detail

getEndpointUri

String getEndpointUri()

Returns the string representation of the endpoint URI

Returns:

the endpoint URI

getExchangePattern

ExchangePattern getExchangePattern()

Returns the default exchange pattern to use when creating an exchange.

getEndpointBaseUri

default String getEndpointBaseUri()

Returns the string representation of the base endpoint URI (without query parameters).

getEndpointKey

String getEndpointKey()

Returns a string key of this endpoint.

This key is used by LifecycleStrategy when registering endpoint. This allows to register different instances of endpoints with the same key.

For JMX mbeans this allows us to use the same JMX Mbean for all endpoints that are logical the same but have different parameters. For instance the http endpoint.

Returns:

the endpoint key

createExchange

Exchange createExchange()

Create a new exchange for communicating with this endpoint.

Important: Consumers should use Consumer.createExchange(boolean) to create an exchange for which the consumer received a message.

Returns:

a new exchange

createExchange

Exchange createExchange(ExchangePattern pattern)

Create a new exchange for communicating with this endpoint with the specified ExchangePattern such as whether its going to be an ExchangePattern.InOnly or ExchangePattern.InOut exchange

Important: Consumers should use Consumer.createExchange(boolean) to create an exchange for which the consumer received a message.

Parameters:

pattern - the message exchange pattern for the exchange

Returns:

a new exchange

configureExchange

void configureExchange(Exchange exchange)

Configures a newly created Exchange.

Parameters:

exchange - the new exchange

getCamelContext

CamelContext getCamelContext()

Returns the context which created the endpoint

Returns:

the context which created the endpoint

createProducer

Producer createProducer()
                 throws Exception

Creates a new producer which is used send messages into the endpoint. Important: Do not do any initialization in the constructor of the Producer. Instead use BaseService.doInit() or BaseService.doStart().

Returns:

a newly created producer

Throws:

Exception - can be thrown

isSingletonProducer

default boolean isSingletonProducer()

Whether this endpoint creates singleton producers

createAsyncProducer

AsyncProducer createAsyncProducer()
                           throws Exception

Creates a new producer which is used send messages into the endpoint Important: Do not do any initialization in the constructor of the Producer. Instead use BaseService.doInit() or BaseService.doStart().

Returns:

a newly created producer

Throws:

Exception - can be thrown

createConsumer

Consumer createConsumer(Processor processor)
                 throws Exception

Creates a new Event Driven Consumer which consumes messages from the endpoint using the given processor Important: Do not do any initialization in the constructor of the Consumer. Instead use BaseService.doInit() or BaseService.doStart().

Parameters:

processor - the given processor

Returns:

a newly created consumer

Throws:

Exception - can be thrown

createPollingConsumer

PollingConsumer createPollingConsumer()
                               throws Exception

Creates a new Polling Consumer so that the caller can poll message exchanges from the consumer using PollingConsumer.receive(), PollingConsumer.receiveNoWait() or PollingConsumer.receive(long) whenever it is ready to do so rather than using the Event Based Consumer returned by createConsumer(Processor) Important: Do not do any initialization in the constructor of the PollingConsumer. Instead use BaseService.doInit() or BaseService.doStart().

Returns:

a newly created pull consumer

Throws:

Exception - if the pull consumer could not be created

configureProperties

void configureProperties(Map<String,Object> options)

Configure properties on this endpoint.

Parameters:

options - the options (properties)

setCamelContext

void setCamelContext(CamelContext context)

Sets the camel context.

Parameters:

context - the camel context

isLenientProperties

boolean isLenientProperties()

Should all properties be known or does the endpoint allow unknown options?

lenient = false means that the endpoint should validate that all given options is known and configured properly. lenient = true means that the endpoint allows additional unknown options to be passed to it but does not throw a ResolveEndpointFailedException when creating the endpoint.

This options is used by a few components for instance the HTTP based that can have dynamic URI options appended that is targeted for an external system.

Most endpoints is configured to be not lenient.

Returns:

whether properties is lenient or not