core/camel-api/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/GlobalEndpointConfiguration.java

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package org.apache.camel;

/**
 * Global endpoint configurations which can be set as defaults when Camel creates new {@link Endpoint}s.
 */
public interface GlobalEndpointConfiguration {

    boolean isLazyStartProducer();

    /**
     * Whether the producer should be started lazy (on the first message). By starting lazy you can use this to allow CamelContext and routes to startup
     * in situations where a producer may otherwise fail during starting and cause the route to fail being started. By deferring this startup to be lazy then
     * the startup failure can be handled during routing messages via Camel's routing error handlers. Beware that when the first message is processed
     * then creating and starting the producer may take a little time and prolong the total processing time of the processing.
     */
    void setLazyStartProducer(boolean lazyStartProducer);

    boolean isBridgeErrorHandler();

    /**
     * Allows for bridging the consumer to the Camel routing Error Handler, which mean any exceptions occurred while
     * the consumer is trying to pickup incoming messages, or the likes, will now be processed as a message and
     * handled by the routing Error Handler.
     * <p/>
     * By default the consumer will use the org.apache.camel.spi.ExceptionHandler to deal with exceptions,
     * that will be logged at WARN/ERROR level and ignored.
     */
    void setBridgeErrorHandler(boolean bridgeErrorHandler);

    boolean isBasicPropertyBinding();

    /**
     * Whether the endpoint should use basic property binding (Camel 2.x) or the newer property binding with additional capabilities.
     */
    void setBasicPropertyBinding(boolean basicPropertyBinding);

}