Policy.java

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package org.apache.camel.spi;

import org.apache.camel.Processor;
import org.apache.camel.model.ProcessorDefinition;

/**
 * A strategy capable of applying interceptors to a processor.
 * <p/>
 * Its <b>strongly</b> advised to use an {@link org.apache.camel.AsyncProcessor} as the returned wrapped
 * {@link Processor} which ensures the policy works well with the asynchronous routing engine.
 * You can use the {@link org.apache.camel.processor.DelegateAsyncProcessor} to easily return an
 * {@link org.apache.camel.AsyncProcessor} and override the
 * {@link org.apache.camel.AsyncProcessor#process(org.apache.camel.Exchange, org.apache.camel.AsyncCallback)} to
 * implement your interceptor logic. And just invoke the super method to <b>continue</b> routing.
 * <p/>
 * Mind that not all frameworks supports asynchronous routing, for example some transaction managers, such as
 * Spring Transaction uses the current thread to store state of the transaction, and thus can't transfer this
 * state to other threads when routing continues asynchronously.
 *
 * @version 
 */
public interface Policy {

    /**
     * Hook invoked before the wrap.
     * <p/>
     * This allows you to do any custom logic before the processor is wrapped. For example to
     * manipulate the {@link org.apache.camel.model.ProcessorDefinition definiton}
     *
     * @param routeContext   the route context
     * @param definition     the processor definition
     */
    void beforeWrap(RouteContext routeContext, ProcessorDefinition<?> definition);

    /**
     * Wraps any applicable interceptors around the given processor.
     *
     * @param routeContext the route context
     * @param processor the processor to be intercepted
     * @return either the original processor or a processor wrapped in one or more processors
     */
    Processor wrap(RouteContext routeContext, Processor processor);
}