Any plans to support the ref attribute on the chain element?

[maaxiim]

I'm currently finding myself having to duplicate chains across different sources, for example

<chain id="inboundAppAChain">
set of adapters, transformers,etc
</chain>
<chain id="inboundAppBChain">
same set of adapters, transformers, etc
</chain>

it would be nice to be able to say:

<chain id="chain" ... />
<chain ref="chain" request-channel="inboundAppAChannel" />
<chain ref="chain" request-channel="inboundAppBChannel" />

or something equivalent?

[Mark Fisher]

If I understand the use-case correctly, the easiest thing to do in the near term would be to add a bridge, e.g.:

<bridge input-channel="inboundAppAChannel" output-channel="chainInput"/>

<bridge input-channel="inboundAppBChannel" output-channel="chainInput"/>

<chain input-channel="chainInput">
    ...
</chain>

Or, perhaps after looking at the problem this way, there might be a way to just re-use the "chainInput" in multiple other places as an output-channel?

[maaxiim]

Yes, that solution solves my problem nicely, thanks!