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017 package org.apache.camel.spi;
018
019 import org.apache.camel.Expression;
020 import org.apache.camel.Predicate;
021
022 /**
023 * Represents a language to be used for {@link Expression} or {@link Predicate} instances
024 *
025 * @version $Revision: 709613 $
026 */
027 public interface Language {
028
029 /**
030 * Creates a predicate based on the given string input
031 *
032 * @param expression the expression
033 * @return the created predicate
034 */
035 Predicate createPredicate(String expression);
036
037 /**
038 * Creates an expression based on the given string input
039 *
040 * @param expression the expression as a string input
041 * @return the created expression
042 */
043 Expression createExpression(String expression);
044 }