1 /* 2 * $Id: MutableMessageAdapter.java 10489 2008-01-23 17:53:38Z dfeist $ 3 * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 * Copyright (c) MuleSource, Inc. All rights reserved. http://www.mulesource.com 5 * 6 * The software in this package is published under the terms of the CPAL v1.0 7 * license, a copy of which has been included with this distribution in the 8 * LICENSE.txt file. 9 */ 10 package org.mule.api.transport; 11 12 /** 13 * Defines a {@link org.mule.api.transport.MessageAdapter} that can have its payload re-assigned after it 14 * has been created. Transport message adapters must never use this interface since a message payload received 15 * from a transport is always consdered read-only. 16 */ 17 18 public interface MutableMessageAdapter extends MessageAdapter 19 { 20 /** 21 * Update the message payload. This is typically only called if the 22 * payload was originally an InputStream. In which case, if the InputStream 23 * is consumed, it needs to be replaced for future access. 24 * 25 * @param payload the object to assign as the message payload 26 */ 27 void setPayload(Object payload); 28 }