org.mule.api.transport
Interface MessageRequesting

All Known Subinterfaces:

InboundEndpoint, MessageRequester

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractMessageRequester, AxisMessageRequester, CxfMessageRequester, DefaultInboundEndpoint, DynamicURIInboundEndpoint, FileMessageRequester, FtpMessageRequester, HttpClientMessageRequester, JdbcMessageRequester, JmsMessageRequester, RetrieveMessageRequester, TcpMessageRequester, UdpMessageRequester, UnsupportedMessageRequester, VMMessageRequester, XmppMessageRequester

public interface MessageRequesting

Defines generic methods for receiving events. The exact behaviour of the action is defined by the implementing class.

See Also:

ImmutableEndpoint, MessageRequester

Field Summary

static long	REQUEST_NO_WAIT
static long	REQUEST_WAIT_INDEFINITELY

Method Summary

MuleMessage

request(long timeout) Make a specific request to the underlying transport

Field Detail

REQUEST_WAIT_INDEFINITELY

static final long REQUEST_WAIT_INDEFINITELY

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Constant Field Values

REQUEST_NO_WAIT

static final long REQUEST_NO_WAIT

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

request

MuleMessage request(long timeout)
                    throws Exception

Make a specific request to the underlying transport

Parameters:

timeout - the maximum time the operation should block before returning. The call should return immediately if there is data available. If no data becomes available before the timeout elapses, null will be returned

Returns:

the result of the request wrapped in a MuleMessage object. Null will be returned if no data was avaialable

Throws:

Exception - if the call to the underlying protocal causes an exception