org.mule.runtime.core.api

Interface MuleEventKeyGenerator

All Known Implementing Classes:

ExpressionMuleEventKeyGenerator, SHA256MuleEventKeyGenerator

public interface MuleEventKeyGenerator

Defines a way to generate cache keys for Event instances.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Serializable	generateKey(Event event) Generates a key for an event.

Method Detail

generateKey

Serializable generateKey(Event event)
                  throws NotSerializableException

Generates a key for an event.

The generation algorithm should return the same key value for all the events that are considered equals.

Parameters:

event - the event to generate the key for

Returns:

the generated key

Throws:

NotSerializableException - if the generated key is not Serializable