Interface Queue

All Known Implementing Classes:

MockQueue

public interface Queue

The core queue interface. Pushes messages to a queue and pulls them for processing.

Author:

Alex Bogdanovski [[email protected]]

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getName()	Returns the name of the queue.
String	pull()	Pulls one or more messages from a queue.
void	push(String task)	Pushes a message to a queue.
void	setName(String name)	Sets the name of the queue.
void	startPolling()	Start a new async task which polls the queue and automatically processes the messages.
void	stopPolling()	Stops the polling async task manually.

Method Details

pull

String pull()

Pulls one or more messages from a queue.

Returns:

the message

push

void push(String task)

Pushes a message to a queue.

Parameters:

task - the message

getName

String getName()

Returns the name of the queue.

Returns:

the queue name

setName

void setName(String name)

Sets the name of the queue.

Parameters:

name - a name

startPolling

void startPolling()

Start a new async task which polls the queue and automatically processes the messages. This was inspired by Elasticsearch rivers.

stopPolling

void stopPolling()

Stops the polling async task manually. This method should always be called on shutdown.