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017package org.apache.camel.spi;
018
019import org.apache.camel.CamelContext;
020import org.apache.camel.Processor;
021import org.apache.camel.model.ProcessorDefinition;
022
023/**
024 * The purpose of this interface is to allow an implementation to wrap
025 * processors in a route with interceptors.  For example, a possible
026 * usecase is to gather performance statistics at the processor's level.
027 * <p/>
028 * Its <b>strongly</b> adviced to use an {@link org.apache.camel.AsyncProcessor} as the returned wrapped
029 * {@link Processor} which ensures the interceptor works well with the asynchronous routing engine.
030 * You can use the {@link org.apache.camel.processor.DelegateAsyncProcessor} to easily return an
031 * {@link org.apache.camel.AsyncProcessor} and override the
032 * {@link org.apache.camel.AsyncProcessor#process(org.apache.camel.Exchange, org.apache.camel.AsyncCallback)} to
033 * implement your interceptor logic. And just invoke the super method to <b>continue</b> routing.
034 *
035 * @version 
036 */
037public interface InterceptStrategy {
038
039    /**
040     * This method is invoked by
041     * {@link ProcessorDefinition#wrapProcessor(RouteContext, Processor)}
042     * to give the implementor an opportunity to wrap the target processor
043     * in a route.
044     * <p/>
045     * <b>Important:</b> See the class javadoc for advice on letting interceptor be compatible with the
046     * asynchronous routing engine.
047     *
048     * @param context       Camel context
049     * @param definition    the model this interceptor represents
050     * @param target        the processor to be wrapped
051     * @param nextTarget    the next processor to be routed to
052     * @return processor    wrapped with an interceptor or not wrapped.
053     * @throws Exception can be thrown
054     */
055    Processor wrapProcessorInInterceptors(CamelContext context, ProcessorDefinition<?> definition, 
056                                          Processor target, Processor nextTarget) throws Exception;
057}