From 6dcc99ba39f2ed6b747360883758adaba605db46 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Fisher <markfisher@vmware.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 20:03:19 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] INT-975 Adding a MessageProducer interface with a single
 setOutputChannel() method.

---
 .../integration/core/MessageProducer.java     | 33 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/core/MessageProducer.java

diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/core/MessageProducer.java b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/core/MessageProducer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c78824f0bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/core/MessageProducer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2010 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.core;
+
+/**
+ * Base interface for any component that is capable of sending
+ * Messages to a {@link MessageChannel}.
+ * 
+ * @author Mark Fisher
+ * @since 2.0
+ */
+public interface MessageProducer {
+
+	/**
+	 * Specify the MessageChannel to which produced Messages should be sent.
+	 */
+	void setOutputChannel(MessageChannel outputChannel);
+
+}