org.mule.api
Interface EndpointAnnotationParser

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractEndpointAnnotationParser, ReplyAnnotationParser

public interface EndpointAnnotationParser

An SPI interface that will process an Endpoint annotation. Note that the Annotation must be annotated with the @Endpoint annotation.

Method Summary

InboundEndpoint	parseInboundEndpoint(Annotation annotation, Map metaInfo) Creates an inbound endpoint from the annotation.
OutboundEndpoint	parseOutboundEndpoint(Annotation annotation, Map metaInfo) Creates an outbound endpoint from the annotation.
boolean	supports(Annotation annotation, Class clazz, Member member) Determines whether this parser can process the current annotation.

Method Detail

parseOutboundEndpoint

OutboundEndpoint parseOutboundEndpoint(Annotation annotation,
                                       Map metaInfo)
                                       throws MuleException

Creates an outbound endpoint from the annotation.

Parameters:

annotation - the annotation to process

metaInfo - any additional info that can be used to construct the endpoint. Typically a connector name might be in this map so that all endpoints for the current object can share the same connector

Returns:

a new OutboundEndpoint object configured according to the annotation

Throws:

MuleException - if the outbound endpoint cannot be created. A Mule-specific error will be thrown.

parseInboundEndpoint

InboundEndpoint parseInboundEndpoint(Annotation annotation,
                                     Map metaInfo)
                                     throws MuleException

Creates an inbound endpoint from the annotation.

Parameters:

annotation - the annotation to process

metaInfo - any additional info that can be used to construct the endpoint. Typically a connector name might be in this map so that all endpoints for the current object can share the same connector

Returns:

a new InboundEndpoint object configured according to the annotation

Throws:

MuleException - if the inbound endpoint cannot be created. A Mule-specific error will be thrown.

supports

boolean supports(Annotation annotation,
                 Class clazz,
                 Member member)

Determines whether this parser can process the current annotation. The clazz and member params are passed in so that further validation be done on the location, type or name of these elements.

Parameters:

annotation - the annotation being processed

clazz - the class on which the annotation was found

member - the member on which the annotation was found inside the class. This is only set when the annotation was either set on a Method, Field or Constructor class member, otherwise this value is null.

Returns:

true if this parser supports the current annotation, false otherwise