1 /* 2 * $Id: MessageSource.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.source; 12 13 import org.mule.api.MuleException; 14 import org.mule.api.processor.MessageProcessor; 15 16 /** 17 * Implemented by objects that receives or generates messages which are then 18 * processed by a {@link MessageProcessor}. 19 * 20 * @since 3.0 21 */ 22 public interface MessageSource 23 { 24 /** 25 * Set the MessageProcessor listener on a message source which will be invoked 26 * when a message is received or generated. 27 * 28 * @param event MuleEvent to be processed 29 * @return optional response MuleEvent 30 * @throws MuleException 31 */ 32 void setListener(MessageProcessor listener); 33 }