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The Core Camel Java DSL based router

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package org.apache.camel;

import org.apache.camel.model.ProcessorDefinition;

/**
 * Represents a model of a node in the runtime route path.
 *
 * @version 
 */
public interface RouteNode {

    /**
     * Gets the actual processor this node represents.
     *
     * @return the processor, can be null in special cases such as an intercepted node
     */
    Processor getProcessor();

    /**
     * Gets the model definition that represents this node
     *
     * @return the definition, is never null
     */
    ProcessorDefinition getProcessorDefinition();

    /**
     * Gets a label about this node to be used for tracing or tooling etc.
     *
     * @param exchange the current exchange
     * @return  a label for this node
     */
    String getLabel(Exchange exchange);

    /**
     * Whether this node is abstract (no real processor under the cover).
     * 
     * Some nodes that represent intermediate steps are abstract, for instance with
     * onException, onCompletion or intercept
     *
     * @return whether this node is abstract or not
     */
    boolean isAbstract();
}