MessageListenerContainer.java

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package org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.listener;

import org.springframework.amqp.support.converter.MessageConverter;
import org.springframework.context.SmartLifecycle;

/**
 * Internal abstraction used by the framework representing a message
 * listener container. Not meant to be implemented externally.
 *
 * @author Stephane Nicoll
 * @since 1.4
 */
public interface MessageListenerContainer extends SmartLifecycle {

	/**
	 * Setup the message listener to use. Throws an {@link IllegalArgumentException}
	 * if that message listener type is not supported.
	 * @param messageListener the {@code object} to wrapped to the {@code MessageListener}.
	 */
	void setupMessageListener(Object messageListener);

	/**
	 * @return the {@link MessageConverter} that can be used to
	 * convert {@link org.springframework.amqp.core.Message}, if any.
	 */
	MessageConverter getMessageConverter();

}