org.apache.flume
Interface Source

All Superinterfaces:

LifecycleAware, NamedComponent

All Known Subinterfaces:

EventDrivenSource, PollableSource

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractEventDrivenSource, AbstractPollableSource, AbstractSource, AvroLegacySource, AvroSource, BasicSourceSemantics, EmbeddedSource, ExecSource, HTTPSource, JMSSource, MultiportSyslogTCPSource, NetcatSource, ScribeSource, SequenceGeneratorSource, SpoolDirectorySource, StressSource, SyslogTcpSource, SyslogUDPSource, ThriftLegacySource, ThriftSource

@InterfaceAudience.Public
@InterfaceStability.Stable
public interface Source
extends LifecycleAware, NamedComponent

A source generates and calls methods on the configured ChannelProcessor to persist those events into the configured channels.

Sources are associated with unique names that can be used for separating configuration and working namespaces.

No guarantees are given regarding thread safe access.

See Also:

Channel, Sink

Method Summary

ChannelProcessor	getChannelProcessor() Returns the channel processor that will handle this source's events.
void	setChannelProcessor(ChannelProcessor channelProcessor) Specifies which channel processor will handle this source's events.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.flume.lifecycle.LifecycleAware

getLifecycleState, start, stop

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.flume.NamedComponent

getName, setName

Method Detail

setChannelProcessor

void setChannelProcessor(ChannelProcessor channelProcessor)

Specifies which channel processor will handle this source's events.

Parameters:

channelProcessor -

getChannelProcessor

ChannelProcessor getChannelProcessor()

Returns the channel processor that will handle this source's events.