trunk/camel-core/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/spi/AggregationRepository.java

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package org.apache.camel.spi;

import java.util.Set;

import org.apache.camel.CamelContext;
import org.apache.camel.Exchange;

/**
 * Access to a repository to store aggregated exchanges to support pluggable implementations.
 *  
 * @version 
 */
public interface AggregationRepository {

    /**
     * Add the given {@link Exchange} under the correlation key.
     * <p/>
     * Will replace any existing exchange.
     *
     * @param camelContext   the current CamelContext
     * @param key            the correlation key
     * @param exchange       the aggregated exchange
     * @return the old exchange if any existed
     */
    Exchange add(CamelContext camelContext, String key, Exchange exchange);

    /**
     * Gets the given exchange with the correlation key
     *
     * @param camelContext   the current CamelContext
     * @param key            the correlation key
     * @return the exchange, or <tt>null</tt> if no exchange was previously added
     */
    Exchange get(CamelContext camelContext, String key);

    /**
     * Removes the exchange with the given correlation key, which should happen
     * when an {@link Exchange} is completed
     *
     * @param camelContext   the current CamelContext
     * @param key            the correlation key
     * @param exchange       the exchange to remove
     */
    void remove(CamelContext camelContext, String key, Exchange exchange);

    /**
     * Confirms the completion of the {@link Exchange}.
     *
     * @param camelContext  the current CamelContext
     * @param exchangeId    exchange id to confirm
     */
    void confirm(CamelContext camelContext, String exchangeId);

    /**
     * Gets the keys currently in the repository.
     *
     * @return the keys
     */
    Set<String> getKeys();

}