org.springframework.integration.channel
Interface MessageChannel

All Superinterfaces:

BlockingSource, BlockingTarget, Source, Target

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractMessageChannel, DefaultErrorChannel, DirectChannel, PriorityChannel, QueueChannel, RendezvousChannel, RequestReplyTemplate.ReplyHandlingChannelAdapter, ThreadLocalChannel

public interface MessageChannel
extends BlockingSource, BlockingTarget

Base channel interface defining common behavior for message sending and receiving.

Author:

Mark Fisher

Method Summary

java.util.List<Message<?>>	clear() Remove all Messages from this channel.
DispatcherPolicy	getDispatcherPolicy() Return this channel's dispatcher policy
java.lang.String	getName() Return the name of this channel.
java.util.List<Message<?>>	purge(MessageSelector selector) Remove any Messages that are not accepted by the provided selector.
void	setName(java.lang.String name) Set the name of this channel.

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.integration.message.BlockingSource

receive, receive

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.integration.message.BlockingTarget

send, send

Method Detail

getName

java.lang.String getName()

Return the name of this channel.

setName

void setName(java.lang.String name)

Set the name of this channel.

getDispatcherPolicy

DispatcherPolicy getDispatcherPolicy()

Return this channel's dispatcher policy

clear

java.util.List<Message<?>> clear()

Remove all Messages from this channel.

purge

java.util.List<Message<?>> purge(MessageSelector selector)

Remove any Messages that are not accepted by the provided selector.