org.mule.transport
Class AbstractMessageRequester

java.lang.Object
  org.mule.transport.AbstractConnectable
      org.mule.transport.AbstractMessageRequester

All Implemented Interfaces:

ExceptionListener, Disposable, Connectable, MessageRequester, MessageRequesting

Direct Known Subclasses:

UnsupportedMessageRequester

public abstract class AbstractMessageRequester
extends AbstractConnectable
implements MessageRequester

Provide a default dispatch (client) support for handling threads lifecycle and validation.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.mule.transport.AbstractConnectable

connected, connecting, connectionStrategy, connector, disposed, endpoint, logger, workManager

Fields inherited from interface org.mule.api.lifecycle.Disposable

PHASE_NAME

Fields inherited from interface org.mule.api.transport.MessageRequesting

REQUEST_NO_WAIT, REQUEST_WAIT_INDEFINITELY

Constructor Summary

AbstractMessageRequester(InboundEndpoint endpoint)

Method Summary

protected abstract MuleMessage	doRequest(long timeout) Make a specific request to the underlying transport
MuleMessage	request(long timeout) Make a specific request to the underlying transport

Methods inherited from class org.mule.transport.AbstractConnectable

activate, connect, disconnect, dispose, disposeAndLogException, doConnect, doDisconnect, doDispose, exceptionThrown, getConnectEventId, getConnectionDescription, getConnector, getEndpoint, isConnected, isDoThreading, passivate, reconnect, toString, validate

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.mule.api.transport.MessageRequester

activate, getConnector, passivate, validate

Methods inherited from interface org.mule.api.lifecycle.Disposable

dispose

Methods inherited from interface org.mule.api.transport.Connectable

connect, disconnect, getConnectionDescription, isConnected

Constructor Detail

AbstractMessageRequester

public AbstractMessageRequester(InboundEndpoint endpoint)

Method Detail

request

public final MuleMessage request(long timeout)
                          throws Exception

Make a specific request to the underlying transport

Specified by:

request in interface MessageRequesting

Parameters:

timeout - the maximum time the operation should block before returning. The call should return immediately if there is data available. If no data becomes available before the timeout elapses, null will be returned

Returns:

the result of the request wrapped in a MuleMessage object. Null will be returned if no data was available

Throws:

Exception - if the call to the underlying protocol causes an exception

doRequest

protected abstract MuleMessage doRequest(long timeout)
                                  throws Exception

Make a specific request to the underlying transport

Parameters:

timeout - the maximum time the operation should block before returning. The call should return immediately if there is data available. If no data becomes available before the timeout elapses, null will be returned

Returns:

the result of the request wrapped in a MuleMessage object. Null will be returned if no data was avaialable

Throws:

Exception - if the call to the underlying protocal cuases an exception