org.apache.camel
Interface Endpoint

All Superinterfaces:

IsSingleton

All Known Subinterfaces:

BrowsableEndpoint

All Known Implementing Classes:

BeanEndpoint, BrowseEndpoint, DataSetEndpoint, DefaultEndpoint, DefaultPollingEndpoint, DirectEndpoint, FileEndpoint, GenericFileEndpoint, InterceptSendToEndpoint, LogEndpoint, MockEndpoint, ProcessorEndpoint, ScheduledPollEndpoint, SedaEndpoint, TimerEndpoint

public interface Endpoint
extends IsSingleton

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

Version:

$Revision: 789593 $

See Also:

Exchange, Message

Method Summary

void	configureProperties(Map options) Configure properties on this endpoint.
Consumer	createConsumer(Processor processor) Creates a new Event Driven Consumer which consumes messages from the endpoint using the given processor
Exchange	createExchange() Create a new exchange for communicating with this endpoint
Exchange	createExchange(Exchange exchange) Creates a new exchange for communicating with this exchange using the given exchange to pre-populate the values of the headers and messages
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)
Producer	createProducer() Creates a new producer which is used send messages into the endpoint
CamelContext	getCamelContext() Returns the context which created the endpoint
String	getEndpointKey() Returns a string key of this endpoint.
String	getEndpointUri() Returns the string representation of the endpoint URI
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.
void	setCamelContext(CamelContext context) Sets the camel context.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.camel.IsSingleton

isSingleton

Method Detail

getEndpointUri

String getEndpointUri()

Returns the string representation of the endpoint URI

Returns:

the endpoint URI

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

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

Parameters:

pattern - the message exchange pattern for the exchange

Returns:

a new exchange

createExchange

Exchange createExchange(Exchange exchange)

Creates a new exchange for communicating with this exchange using the given exchange to pre-populate the values of the headers and messages

Parameters:

exchange - given exchange to use for pre-populate

Returns:

a 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

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

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)

Returns:

a newly created pull consumer

Throws:

Exception - if the pull consumer could not be created

configureProperties

void configureProperties(Map 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