org.mule.processor
Class AbstractFilteringMessageProcessor

java.lang.Object
  org.mule.processor.AbstractInterceptingMessageProcessor
      org.mule.processor.AbstractFilteringMessageProcessor

All Implemented Interfaces:

InterceptingMessageProcessor, MessageProcessor, MessageSource

Direct Known Subclasses:

InboundFeedSplitter, InboundFeedSplitter, MessageFilter, ProcessIfStartedMessageProcessor

public abstract class AbstractFilteringMessageProcessor
extends AbstractInterceptingMessageProcessor

Abstract InterceptingMessageProcessor that can be easily be extended and used for filtering message flow through a MessageProcessor chain. The default behaviour when the filter is not accepted is to return the request event.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.mule.processor.AbstractInterceptingMessageProcessor

logger, next

Constructor Summary

AbstractFilteringMessageProcessor()

Method Summary

protected abstract boolean	accept(MuleEvent event)
protected MuleEvent	handleUnaccepted(MuleEvent event)
MuleEvent	process(MuleEvent event) Invokes the MessageProcessor.

Methods inherited from class org.mule.processor.AbstractInterceptingMessageProcessor

processNext, setListener, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AbstractFilteringMessageProcessor

public AbstractFilteringMessageProcessor()

Method Detail

process

public MuleEvent process(MuleEvent event)
                  throws MuleException

Description copied from interface: MessageProcessor

Invokes the MessageProcessor.

Parameters:

event - MuleEvent to be processed

Returns:

optional response MuleEvent

Throws:

MuleException

accept

protected abstract boolean accept(MuleEvent event)

handleUnaccepted

protected MuleEvent handleUnaccepted(MuleEvent event)
                              throws MuleException

Throws:

MuleException