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018 package org.apache.camel;
019
020 /**
021 * Provides a channel on which clients can create and invoke message exchanges on an {@link Endpoint}
022 *
023 * @version $Revision: 534145 $
024 */
025 public interface Producer<E extends Exchange> extends Processor, Service {
026
027 Endpoint<E> getEndpoint();
028
029 /**
030 * Creates a new exchange to send to this endpoint
031 *
032 * @return a newly created exchange
033 */
034 E createExchange();
035
036 /**
037 * Creates a new exchange for communicating with this exchange using the given exchange to pre-populate the values
038 * of the headers and messages
039 */
040 E createExchange(E exchange);
041 }