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017 package org.apache.camel.spi;
018
019 /**
020 * Represents a service registry which may be implemented via a Spring ApplicationContext,
021 * via JNDI, a simple Map or the OSGI Service Registry
022 *
023 * @version $Revision: 630568 $
024 */
025 public interface Registry {
026
027 /**
028 * Looks up a service in the registry, returning the service or null if it could not be found.
029 *
030 * @param name the name of the service
031 * @param type the type of the required service
032 * @return the service from the registry or null if it could not be found
033 */
034 <T> T lookup(String name, Class<T> type);
035
036 /**
037 * Looks up a service in the registry based purely on name,
038 * returning the service or null if it could not be found.
039 *
040 * @param name the name of the service
041 * @return the service from the registry or null if it could not be found
042 */
043 Object lookup(String name);
044 }