org.jboss.messaging.interfaces
Interface Consumer

All Known Subinterfaces:

ChannelHandler (src)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractChannelHandler (src)

public interface Consumer

A consumer of messages.

accepts

public boolean accepts(MessageReference (src)  reference,
                       boolean active)

Check whether the consumer accepts the message.

Parameters:

reference - the message reference

active - whether to check for activity, pass false to test for acceptance, true when extra checks for an active consumer are required.

Returns:

true when it accepts the message, false otherwise

onMessage

public void onMessage(MessageReference (src)  reference)

Invoked when a message needs consuming

Parameters:

reference - the message reference