EndpointAware.java

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package org.apache.camel;

/**
 * An interface to represent an object such as a {@link org.apache.camel.Processor} that uses an {@link Endpoint}
 */
public interface EndpointAware {

    /**
     * Gets the endpoint associated with an object.
     * It's the endpoint for sending to for components like {@link org.apache.camel.Producer}
     * or for consuming from for components like {@link org.apache.camel.Consumer} or {@link org.apache.camel.Route}
     *
     * @return the endpoint
     */
    Endpoint getEndpoint();
}