org.openecomp.policy.drools.event.comm

Interface TopicSink

All Superinterfaces:

org.openecomp.policy.drools.properties.Lockable, org.openecomp.policy.drools.properties.Startable, Topic

All Known Subinterfaces:

BusTopicSink, DmaapTopicSink, UebTopicSink

All Known Implementing Classes:

InlineBusTopicSink, InlineDmaapTopicSink, InlineUebTopicSink

public interface TopicSink
extends Topic, org.openecomp.policy.drools.properties.Startable, org.openecomp.policy.drools.properties.Lockable

Marks a given Topic Endpoint as able to send messages over a topic

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.openecomp.policy.drools.event.comm.Topic

Topic.CommInfrastructure

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.openecomp.policy.drools.event.comm.Topic

NETWORK_LOGGER

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	send(String message) Sends a string message over this Topic Endpoint

Methods inherited from interface org.openecomp.policy.drools.event.comm.Topic

getRecentEvents, getServers, getTopic, getTopicCommInfrastructure

Methods inherited from interface org.openecomp.policy.drools.properties.Startable

isAlive, shutdown, start, stop

Methods inherited from interface org.openecomp.policy.drools.properties.Lockable

isLocked, lock, unlock

Method Detail

send

boolean send(String message)
      throws IllegalArgumentException,
             IllegalStateException

Sends a string message over this Topic Endpoint

Parameters:

message - message to send

Returns:

true if the send operation succeeded, false otherwise

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - an invalid message has been provided

IllegalStateException - the entity is in an state that prevents it from sending messages, for example, locked or stopped.