1 /* 2 * $Id: MatchingRouter.java 20813 2010-12-21 11:37:48Z dirk.olmes $ 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 17 * route(s) are used used is defined by implementations of this interface which use 18 * the {@link Matchable#isMatch(org.mule.api.MuleMessage)} method of the routers to 19 * determine if a router accept the event or not. 20 * <p> 21 * Different implementations may route to the first match, or to all matches or you 22 * some other strategy. If the implementation supports the use of a default route 23 * then this will be used to route any events that don't match any other routes. 24 */ 25 public interface MatchingRouter extends MessageProcessor 26 { 27 void addRoute(MatchableMessageProcessor matchable); 28 29 void removeRoute(MatchableMessageProcessor matchable); 30 }