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package org.apache.camel;

/**
 * The callback interface for an {@link AsyncProcessor} so that it can
 * notify you when an {@link Exchange} is done.
 * <p/>
 * For example a {@link AsyncProcessor} should invoke the done method when the {@link Exchange} is ready
 * to be continued routed. This allows to implement asynchronous {@link Producer} which can continue
 * routing {@link Exchange} when all the data has been gathered. This allows to build non blocking
 * request/reply communication.
 *
 * @version 
 */
public interface AsyncCallback {

    /**
     * This method is invoked once the {@link Exchange} is done.
     * <p/>
     * If an exception occurred while processing the exchange, the exception field of the
     * {@link Exchange} being processed will hold the caused exception.
     *
     * @param doneSync is <tt>true</tt> if the processing of the {@link Exchange} was completed by a synchronous thread.
     *                 Otherwise its <tt>false</tt> to indicate it was completed by an asynchronous thread.
     */
    void done(boolean doneSync);

}