org.mule.api.routing
Interface MatchingRouter

All Superinterfaces:

MessageProcessor

All Known Subinterfaces:

OutboundRouterCollection

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractMatchingRouter, DefaultOutboundRouterCollection

public interface MatchingRouter
extends MessageProcessor

Routes the message to zero or more MatchableMessageProcessors. Which route(s) are used used is defined by implementations of this interface which use the Matchable.isMatch(org.mule.api.MuleMessage) method of the routers to determine if a router accept the event or not.

Different implementations may route to the first match, or to all matches or you some other strategy. If the implementation supports the use of a default route then this will be used to route any events that don't match any other routes.

Method Summary

void	addRoute(MatchableMessageProcessor matchable)
void	removeRoute(MatchableMessageProcessor matchable)

Methods inherited from interface org.mule.api.processor.MessageProcessor

process

Method Detail

addRoute

void addRoute(MatchableMessageProcessor matchable)

removeRoute

void removeRoute(MatchableMessageProcessor matchable)