org.mule.api.component
Interface Component

All Superinterfaces:

Disposable, Initialisable, Lifecycle, Startable, Stoppable

All Known Subinterfaces:

JavaComponent

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbderaServiceComponent, AbstractComponent, AbstractJavaComponent, AbstractWebServiceWrapperComponent, DefaultJavaComponent, JcaComponent, PassThroughComponent, PooledJavaComponent, ProcessComponent, RestServiceWrapper, ScriptComponent, SimpleCallableJavaComponent, WebServiceWrapperComponent, WebServiceWrapperComponent

public interface Component
extends Lifecycle

A Component is a invoked by a Service for each incoming MuleEvent routed on by the InboundRouterCollection. A component processes a MuleEvent by invoking the component instance that has been configured, optionally returning a result.

Implementations of Component can use different types of component implementation, implement component instance pooling or implement bindings which allow for service composition.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.mule.api.lifecycle.Initialisable

PHASE_NAME

Fields inherited from interface org.mule.api.lifecycle.Startable

PHASE_NAME

Fields inherited from interface org.mule.api.lifecycle.Stoppable

PHASE_NAME

Fields inherited from interface org.mule.api.lifecycle.Disposable

PHASE_NAME

Method Summary

Service	getService()
ComponentStatistics	getStatistics() Component statistics are used to gather component statistics such as sync/async invocation counts and total and average execution time.
MuleMessage	invoke(MuleEvent event) Invokes the component
void	setService(Service service)

Methods inherited from interface org.mule.api.lifecycle.Initialisable

initialise

Methods inherited from interface org.mule.api.lifecycle.Startable

start

Methods inherited from interface org.mule.api.lifecycle.Stoppable

stop

Methods inherited from interface org.mule.api.lifecycle.Disposable

dispose

Method Detail

invoke

MuleMessage invoke(MuleEvent event)
                   throws MuleException

Invokes the component

Parameters:

event - the event used to invoke the component

Returns:

the return event from the component

Throws:

MuleException - if the call fails

getStatistics

ComponentStatistics getStatistics()

Component statistics are used to gather component statistics such as sync/async invocation counts and total and average execution time.

setService

void setService(Service service)

getService

Service getService()