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017 package org.apache.camel.spi;
018
019 import org.apache.camel.CamelContext;
020 import org.apache.camel.Component;
021 import org.apache.camel.Exchange;
022
023 /**
024 * Represents a resolver of components from a URI to be able to auto-load them using some
025 * discovery mechanism like {@link org.apache.camel.impl.DefaultComponentResolver}
026 *
027 * @version $Revision: 659849 $
028 */
029 public interface ComponentResolver<E extends Exchange> {
030
031 /**
032 * Attempts to resolve the component for the given URI
033 *
034 * @param name the component name to resolve
035 * @param context the context to load the component if it can be resolved
036 * @return the component which is added to the context or null if it can not be resolved
037 * @throws Exception is thrown if the the component could not be loaded
038 */
039 Component<E> resolveComponent(String name, CamelContext context) throws Exception;
040 }