org.jboss.soa.esb.message
Interface Message

public interface Message

This is the basic internal core message abstraction. A message consists of the following components: Header: the header information contains information such as the destination EPR, the sender EPR, where the reply goes etc, i.e., general message-level functional information. Context: additional information to contextualise the message; for example, transaction or security data, the identity of the ultimate receiver, or HTTP-cookie like information. Body: the actual payload of the message. Fault: any fault information associated with the message. Attachment: any attachments associated with the message. Properties: any message specific properties. Each message, once created, has a corresponding element for these 5 components. That element may be empty (NOT NULL). The object representing the element can then be used to act on the corresponding data item in the message.

Author:

Mark Little

Method Summary

Message	copy() Return a duplicate of this instance.
Attachment	getAttachment()
Body	getBody()
Context	getContext()
Fault	getFault()
Header	getHeader()
Properties	getProperties()
java.net.URI	getType()

Method Detail

getHeader

Header getHeader()

Returns:

get the header component of the message.

getContext

Context getContext()

Returns:

get the context component of the message.

getBody

Body getBody()

Returns:

get the body component of the message.

getFault

Fault getFault()

Returns:

get any faults associated with the message. These should not be application level faults, but comms level.

getAttachment

Attachment getAttachment()

Returns:

get any message attachments.

getType

java.net.URI getType()

Returns:

the type of this message.

getProperties

Properties getProperties()

Returns:

Properties - any message properties.

copy

Message copy()
             throws java.io.IOException

Return a duplicate of this instance. Just serialize and then deserialize.

Throws:

java.io.IOException