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017    package org.apache.camel;
018    
019    /**
020     * A <a href="http://camel.apache.org/processor.html">processor</a> is used to implement the
021     * <a href="http://camel.apache.org/event-driven-consumer.html"> Event Driven Consumer</a>
022     * and <a href="http://camel.apache.org/message-translator.html"> Message Translator</a>
023     * patterns and to process message exchanges.
024     * 
025     * @version $Revision: 778349 $
026     */
027    public interface Processor {
028    
029        /**
030         * Processes the message exchange
031         * 
032         * @param exchange the message exchange
033         * @throws Exception if an internal processing error has occurred.
034         */
035        void process(Exchange exchange) throws Exception;
036    }