org.apache.flume.channel
Class AbstractChannel

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.flume.channel.AbstractChannel

All Implemented Interfaces:

Channel, Configurable, LifecycleAware, NamedComponent

Direct Known Subclasses:

BasicChannelSemantics, JdbcChannel, PseudoTxnMemoryChannel

public abstract class AbstractChannel
extends Object
implements Channel, LifecycleAware, Configurable

Constructor Summary

AbstractChannel()

Method Summary

void	configure(Context context) Request the implementing class to (re)configure itself.
LifecycleState	getLifecycleState() Return the current state of the service or component.
String	getName()
void	setName(String name)
void	start() Starts a service or component.
void	stop() Stops a service or component.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.flume.Channel

getTransaction, put, take

Constructor Detail

AbstractChannel

public AbstractChannel()

Method Detail

setName

public void setName(String name)

Specified by:

setName in interface NamedComponent

start

public void start()

Description copied from interface: LifecycleAware

Starts a service or component.

Implementations should determine the result of any start logic and effect the return value of LifecycleAware.getLifecycleState() accordingly.

Specified by:

start in interface LifecycleAware

stop

public void stop()

Description copied from interface: LifecycleAware

Stops a service or component.

Implementations should determine the result of any stop logic and effect the return value of LifecycleAware.getLifecycleState() accordingly.

Specified by:

stop in interface LifecycleAware

getLifecycleState

public LifecycleState getLifecycleState()

Description copied from interface: LifecycleAware

Return the current state of the service or component.

Specified by:

getLifecycleState in interface LifecycleAware

getName

public String getName()

Specified by:

getName in interface NamedComponent

configure

public void configure(Context context)

Description copied from interface: Configurable

Request the implementing class to (re)configure itself.

When configuration parameters are changed, they must be reflected by the component asap.

There are no thread safety guarrantees on when configure might be called.

Specified by:

configure in interface Configurable