/*
* $Id: AbstractSplitter.java 22272 2011-06-27 16:17:16Z mike.schilling $
* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* 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.routing;
import org.mule.api.MuleEvent;
import org.mule.api.MuleException;
import org.mule.api.MuleMessage;
import org.mule.routing.outbound.AbstractMessageSequenceSplitter;
import org.mule.routing.outbound.CollectionMessageSequence;
import java.util.List;
/**
* Splits a message invoking the next message processor one for each split part.
* Implementations must implement {@link #splitMessage(MuleEvent)} and determine how
* the message is split.
* <p>
* <b>EIP Reference:</b> <a
* href="http://www.eaipatterns.com/Sequencer.html">http://www
* .eaipatterns.com/Sequencer.html</a>
*/
public abstract class AbstractSplitter extends AbstractMessageSequenceSplitter
{
@Override
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
protected MessageSequence<?> splitMessageIntoSequence(MuleEvent event) throws MuleException
{
return new CollectionMessageSequence(splitMessage(event));
}
protected abstract List<MuleMessage> splitMessage(MuleEvent event) throws MuleException;
}