1 /* 2 * $Id: MuleMessageCollection.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 package org.mule.api; 11 12 import java.util.List; 13 14 /** 15 * An interface that defines a collection of Mule Messages and methods for working with the collection. 16 * Typically this type of message is only used when users explicitly want to work with aggregated or re-sequenced 17 * collections of messages. 18 */ 19 public interface MuleMessageCollection extends MuleMessage 20 { 21 void addMessage(MuleMessage message); 22 23 void addMessage(MuleMessage message, int index); 24 25 void addMessages(MuleMessage[] messages); 26 27 void addMessages(MuleEvent[] events); 28 29 void addMessages(List messages); 30 31 void removedMessage(MuleMessage message); 32 33 MuleMessage[] getMessagesAsArray(); 34 35 MuleMessage getMessage(int index); 36 37 Object[] getPayloadsAsArray(); 38 39 int size(); 40 }