Author: davsclaus
Date: Mon Sep 27 14:16:19 2010
New Revision: 1001753
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1001753&view=rev
Log:
CAMEL-3157: Added more comments to Exchange API
Modified:
camel/trunk/camel-core/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/Exchange.java
Modified: camel/trunk/camel-core/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/Exchange.java
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/camel/trunk/camel-core/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/Exchange.java?rev=1001753&r1=1001752&r2=1001753&view=diff
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--- camel/trunk/camel-core/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/Exchange.java
(original)
+++ camel/trunk/camel-core/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/Exchange.java Mon Sep
27 14:16:19 2010
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ import org.apache.camel.spi.UnitOfWork;
* Camel components.
* <br/>
* See also this <a
href="http://camel.apache.org/using-getin-or-getout-methods-on-exchange.html";>FAQ
entry</a> for more details.
+ * <p/><br/>
+ * The {...@link ExchangePattern Message Exchange Pattern} and the {...@link
#getIn()} and {...@link #getOut()} methods
+ * are <b>not</b> strictly mapped. For example if the MEP is {...@link
org.apache.camel.ExchangePattern#InOnly} then
+ * you can still invoke the {...@link #getOut()} method. The {...@link
ExchangePattern Message Exchange Pattern} is
+ * essentially just a flag to indicate the message pattern. That means you can
still set an out message using
+ * the {...@link #getOut()} method despite the pattern is {...@link
org.apache.camel.ExchangePattern#InOnly}.
*
* @version $Revision$
*/
