/*
* Copyright (c) MuleSoft, Inc. All rights reserved. http://www.mulesoft.com
* The software in this package is published under the terms of the CPAL v1.0
* license, a copy of which has been included with this distribution in the
* LICENSE.txt file.
*/
package org.mule.runtime.core.api.processor;
import org.mule.runtime.core.api.Event;
import org.mule.runtime.core.api.source.MessageSource;
/**
* Processes a {@link Event} by invoking the next {@link Processor} but receiving the reply, which is turn is returned from this
* MessageProcessor from a seperate {@link MessageSource} rather than using the return value of the <code>next</code>
* MessageProcessor invocation. Because two seperate channels are used, most implementations will want to implement the concept of
* a timeout which defines how long a reply should be waited for.
*
* @since 3.0
*/
public interface RequestReplyRequesterMessageProcessor {
/**
* @param replyMessageSource the message source that will be used to receive the reply message
*/
void setReplySource(MessageSource replyMessageSource);
}