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-/*
- * Copyright 2002-2008 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.springframework.integration.channel;
-
-import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
-import java.util.concurrent.FutureTask;
-
-import org.springframework.core.task.TaskExecutor;
-import org.springframework.integration.message.AsyncMessage;
-import org.springframework.integration.message.Message;
-import org.springframework.util.Assert;
-
-/**
- * An asynchronous version of the {@link MessageChannelTemplate}.
- * 
- * @author Mark Fisher
- */
-public class AsyncMessageChannelTemplate extends MessageChannelTemplate {
-
-	private final TaskExecutor taskExecutor;
-
-
-	public AsyncMessageChannelTemplate(TaskExecutor taskExecutor) {
-		Assert.notNull(taskExecutor, "TaskExecutor must not be null");
-		this.taskExecutor = taskExecutor;
-	}
-
-
-	/**
-	 * Send the provided message to the given channel. Note that the actual
-	 * sending occurs asynchronously, so this method will always return
-	 * <code>true</code> unless an exception is thrown by the executor.
-	 */
-	@Override
-	public boolean send(final Message<?> message, final MessageChannel channel) {
-		this.taskExecutor.execute(new Runnable() {
-			public void run() {
-				AsyncMessageChannelTemplate.super.send(message, channel);
-			}
-		});
-		return true;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Send the provided message to the given channel and receive the
-	 * result as an {@link AsyncMessage}.
-	 */
-	@Override
-	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-	public Message<?> sendAndReceive(final Message<?> request, final MessageChannel channel) {
-		FutureTask<Message<?>> task = new FutureTask<Message<?>>(new Callable<Message<?>>() {
-			public Message<?> call() throws Exception {
-				return AsyncMessageChannelTemplate.super.sendAndReceive(request, channel);
-			}
-		});
-		this.taskExecutor.execute(task);
-		return new AsyncMessage(task);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Receive an {@link AsyncMessage} from the provided channel.
-	 */
-	@Override
-	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-	public Message<?> receive(final PollableChannel channel) {
-		FutureTask<Message<?>> task = new FutureTask<Message<?>>(new Callable<Message<?>>() {
-			public Message<?> call() throws Exception {
-				return AsyncMessageChannelTemplate.super.receive(channel);
-			}
-		});
-		this.taskExecutor.execute(task);
-		return new AsyncMessage(task);
-	}
-
-}