1 /* 2 * Copyright (c) MuleSoft, Inc. All rights reserved. http://www.mulesoft.com 3 * The software in this package is published under the terms of the CPAL v1.0 4 * license, a copy of which has been included with this distribution in the 5 * LICENSE.txt file. 6 */ 7 package org.mule.api.processor; 8 9 import org.mule.api.MuleEvent; 10 import org.mule.api.source.MessageSource; 11 12 /** 13 * Processes a {@link MuleEvent} by invoking the next {@link MessageProcessor} but 14 * receiving the reply, which is turn is returned from this MessageProcessor from a 15 * seperate {@link MessageSource} rather than using the return value of the 16 * <code>next</code> MessageProcessor invocation. Because two seperate channels are 17 * used, most implementations will want to implement the concept of a timeout which 18 * defines how long a reply should be waited for. 19 * 20 * @since 3.0 21 */ 22 public interface RequestReplyRequesterMessageProcessor extends InterceptingMessageProcessor 23 { 24 /** 25 * @param replyMessageSource the message source that will be used to receive the reply message 26 */ 27 void setReplySource(MessageSource replyMessageSource); 28 }