Endpoint (Citrus :: Core :: API 3.4.0 API)

All Superinterfaces:

Named

All Known Subinterfaces:

Server
```
public interface Endpoint
extends Named
```
Endpoint interface defines basic send and receive operations on a message endpoint.

Since:

1.4

Author:

Christoph Deppisch

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Consumer`	`createConsumer()`	Creates a message consumer for this endpoint.
`Producer`	`createProducer()`	Creates a message producer for this endpoint for sending messages to this endpoint.
`TestActor`	`getActor()`	Gets the sending actor.
`EndpointConfiguration`	`getEndpointConfiguration()`	Gets the endpoint configuration holding all endpoint specific properties such as endpoint uri, connection timeout, ports, etc.
`String`	`getName()`	Gets the endpoint name usually the Spring bean name.
`void`	`setActor(TestActor actor)`	Sets the test actor for this endpoint.

Methods inherited from interface com.consol.citrus.common.Named
setName

- Method Detail
  - createProducer
```
Producer createProducer()
```
    Creates a message producer for this endpoint for sending messages to this endpoint.
  - createConsumer
```
Consumer createConsumer()
```
    Creates a message consumer for this endpoint. Consumer receives messages on this endpoint.
    
    Returns:
  - getEndpointConfiguration
```
EndpointConfiguration getEndpointConfiguration()
```
    Gets the endpoint configuration holding all endpoint specific properties such as endpoint uri, connection timeout, ports, etc.
    
    Returns:
  - getActor
```
TestActor getActor()
```
    Gets the sending actor.
    
    Returns:
  - setActor
```
void setActor(TestActor actor)
```
    Sets the test actor for this endpoint.
    
    Parameters:
    
    actor -
  - getName
```
String getName()
```
    Gets the endpoint name usually the Spring bean name.
    
    Returns: