MessageProcessor (Livedata SDK 2.0.13-2 API)

Type Parameters:

T - specifies the type of the messages processed by the MessageProcessor

All Known Implementing Classes:

LiveScoutUserRequestManagerImpl, MessagePipeline
```
public interface MessageProcessor<T extends LiveScoutEntityBase>
```
Represents a class capable of receiving an input message, processing it and passing in forward for further processing

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`int`	`getIndex()`	Gets the index of the current `MessageProcessor` implementation used to determine the correct order of message processors when there are multiple message processors processing the same message.
`void`	`processMessage(T message)`	Processes the passed message derived from `LiveScoutEntityBase` class.
`void`	`setListener(MessageProcessorListener<T> listener)`	Sets the `MessageProcessorListener` instance used to observe the current `MessageProcessor`

- Method Detail
  - getIndex
```
int getIndex()
```
    Gets the index of the current MessageProcessor implementation used to determine the correct order of message processors when there are multiple message processors processing the same message.
    
    Returns:
    
    the index of the current MessageProcessor implementation
  - processMessage
```
void processMessage(T message)
```
    Processes the passed message derived from LiveScoutEntityBase class.
    
    Parameters:
    
    message - The LiveScoutEntityBase derived class representing the message.
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalArgumentException - the message is a null reference.
  - setListener
```
void setListener(MessageProcessorListener<T> listener)
```
    Sets the MessageProcessorListener instance used to observe the current MessageProcessor
    
    Parameters:
    
    listener - The MessageProcessorListener used to observe the processor.