1 /* 2 * $Id: MatchingRouter.java 20320 2010-11-24 15:03:31Z dfeist $ 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.routing; 12 13 import org.mule.api.processor.MessageProcessor; 14 15 /** 16 * Routes the message to zero or more <code>MatchableMessageProcessor</code>s. Which route(s) are used used is 17 * defined by implementations of this interface which use the 18 * {@link Matchable#isMatch(org.mule.api.MuleEvent) method of the routers to determine if a router accept the 19 * event or not. 20 * <p> 21 * Different implementations may route to the first match, or to all matches or you some other strategy. If 22 * the implementation supports the use of a default route then this will be used to route any events that 23 * don't match any other routes. 24 */ 25 public interface MatchingRouter extends MessageProcessor 26 { 27 28 void addRoute(MatchableMessageProcessor matchable); 29 30 void removeRoute(MatchableMessageProcessor matchable); 31 32 }