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package org.springframework.integration.aop;

import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Strategy for determining the channel name, payload expression, and header expressions
 * for the {@link MessagePublishingInterceptor}.
 *
 * @author Mark Fisher
 * @author Gary Russell
 * @since 2.0
 */
interface PublisherMetadataSource {

	String METHOD_NAME_VARIABLE_NAME = "method";

	String ARGUMENT_MAP_VARIABLE_NAME = "args";

	String RETURN_VALUE_VARIABLE_NAME = "return";

	String EXCEPTION_VARIABLE_NAME = "exception";


	/**
	 * Returns the channel name to which Messages should be published
	 * for this particular method invocation.
	 *
	 * @param method The Method.
	 * @return The channel name.
	 */
	String getChannelName(Method method);

	/**
	 * Returns the expression string to be evaluated for creating the Message
	 * payload.
	 *
	 * @param method The Method.
	 * @return The payload expression.
	 */
	String getPayloadExpression(Method method);

	/**
	 * Returns the map of expression strings to be evaluated for any headers
	 * that should be set on the published Message. The keys in the Map are
	 * header names, the values are the expression strings.
	 *
	 * @param method The Method.
	 * @return The header expressions.
	 */
	Map<String, String> getHeaderExpressions(Method method);

}