org.mule.api
Interface MuleEventKeyGenerator

All Known Implementing Classes:

ExpressionMuleEventKeyGenerator, MD5MuleEventKeyGenerator

public interface MuleEventKeyGenerator

Defines a way to generate cache keys for MuleEvent instances.

Method Summary

Serializable

generateKey(MuleEvent event) Generates a key for an event.

Method Detail

generateKey

Serializable generateKey(MuleEvent event)
                         throws NotSerializableException

Generates a key for an event.

The generation algorithm should return the same key value for all the events that are considered equals.

Parameters:

event - the event to generate the key for

Returns:

the generated key

Throws:

NotSerializableException - if the generated key is not Serializable