01: /*
02: * $Id: MessageRequester.java 10489 2008-01-23 17:53:38Z dfeist $
03: * --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
04: * Copyright (c) MuleSource, Inc. All rights reserved. http://www.mulesource.com
05: *
06: * The software in this package is published under the terms of the CPAL v1.0
07: * license, a copy of which has been included with this distribution in the
08: * LICENSE.txt file.
09: */
10:
11: package org.mule.api.transport;
12:
13: import org.mule.api.lifecycle.Disposable;
14:
15: /**
16: * Combine {@link org.mule.api.transport.MessageRequesting} with
17: * various lifecycle methods for the actual instances doing message sending.
18: */
19: public interface MessageRequester extends Disposable, Connectable,
20: MessageRequesting {
21:
22: /**
23: * This method can perform necessary state updates before any of the
24: * {@link org.mule.api.transport.MessageDispatching} methods are invoked.
25: *
26: * @see {@link org.mule.api.transport.MessageDispatcherFactory#activate(org.mule.api.endpoint.ImmutableEndpoint, org.mule.api.transport.MessageDispatcher)}
27: */
28: void activate();
29:
30: /**
31: * After receiving a message, the dispatcher can use this method e.g. to
32: * clean up its internal state (if it has any) or return pooled resources to
33: * whereever it got them during {@link #activate()}.
34: *
35: * @see {@link org.mule.api.transport.MessageDispatcherFactory#passivate(org.mule.api.endpoint.ImmutableEndpoint, org.mule.api.transport.MessageDispatcher)}
36: */
37: void passivate();
38:
39: /**
40: * Determines whether this dispatcher can be reused after message receiving.
41: *
42: * @return <code>true</code> if this dispatcher can be reused,
43: * <code>false</code> otherwise (for example when
44: * {@link org.mule.api.lifecycle.Disposable#dispose()} has been called because an Exception was
45: * raised)
46: */
47: boolean validate();
48:
49: /**
50: * Gets the connector for this dispatcher
51: *
52: * @return the connector for this dispatcher
53: */
54: Connector getConnector();
55:
56: }
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