1 /* 2 * $Id: Component.java 19191 2010-08-25 21:05:23Z tcarlson $ 3 * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 * Copyright (c) MuleSoft, Inc. All rights reserved. http://www.mulesoft.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 11 package org.mule.api.component; 12 13 import org.mule.api.MuleEvent; 14 import org.mule.api.construct.FlowConstructAware; 15 import org.mule.api.processor.MessageProcessor; 16 import org.mule.management.stats.ComponentStatistics; 17 18 /** 19 * A <code>Component</code> component processes a {@link MuleEvent} by invoking the 20 * component instance that has been configured, optionally returning a result. 21 * <p/> 22 * Implementations of <code>Component</code> can use different types of component 23 * implementation, implement component instance pooling or implement 24 * <em>bindings</em> which allow for service composition. 25 */ 26 public interface Component extends MessageProcessor, FlowConstructAware 27 { 28 29 /** 30 * Component statistics are used to gather component statistics such as 31 * sync/async invocation counts and total and average execution time. 32 */ 33 ComponentStatistics getStatistics(); 34 35 }