com.bea.alsb.financial.api

Interface MessageAggregator<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the type of data in the messages. Currently the only supported one is java.lang.String.

All Known Subinterfaces:

BinaryMessageAggregator, StringMessageAggregator

All Known Implementing Classes:

BinaryMessageAggregatorImpl, MessageAggregatorImpl, StringMessageAggregatorImpl

public interface MessageAggregator<T>

This is the template interface for all message aggregators. Messages are appended with a separator between them.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	addMessage(T message) Appends the separator and the message to the list.
T	getAggregatedMessage() Get the whole aggregated message.
int	getMessageCount() Getter for the message count.
T	getSeparator() Getter for the separator property.
boolean	isAppendAtTheEnd() Getter for the appendAtTheEnd property.

Method Detail

addMessage

int addMessage(T message)

Appends the separator and the message to the list.

Parameters:

message - the message to add.

Returns:

the message count after the addition.

getAggregatedMessage

T getAggregatedMessage()

Get the whole aggregated message.

Returns:

the aggregated message, in the template's form.

isAppendAtTheEnd

boolean isAppendAtTheEnd()

Getter for the appendAtTheEnd property.

Returns:

the value of the appendAtTheEnd property.

getMessageCount

int getMessageCount()

Getter for the message count.

Returns:

the number of messages in the aggregator.

getSeparator

T getSeparator()

Getter for the separator property.

Returns:

the separator value.