1 /* 2 * $Id$ 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.processor; 12 13 import org.mule.api.MuleEvent; 14 import org.mule.api.source.MessageSource; 15 16 /** 17 * <p> 18 * Processes a {@link MuleEvent}'s by invoking the next {@link MessageProcessor} but receiving the reply, 19 * which is turn is returned from this MessageProcessor from a seperate {@link MessageSource} rather than 20 * using the return value of the <code>next</code> MessageProcessor invocation. Because two seperate channels 21 * are used, most implementations will want to implement the concept of a timeout which defines how long a 22 * reply should be waited for. 23 * 24 * @since 3.0 25 */ 26 public interface RequestReplyRequesterMessageProcessor extends InterceptingMessageProcessor 27 { 28 29 /** 30 * @param messageSource the message source that will be used to receive the reply message 31 */ 32 void setReplySource(MessageSource replyMessageSource); 33 }