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017 package org.apache.camel.spi;
018
019 import org.apache.camel.CamelContext;
020 import org.apache.camel.Component;
021
022 /**
023 * Represents a resolver of components from a URI to be able to auto-load them using some
024 * discovery mechanism like {@link org.apache.camel.impl.DefaultComponentResolver}
025 *
026 * @version $Revision: 729409 $
027 */
028 public interface ComponentResolver {
029
030 /**
031 * Attempts to resolve the component for the given URI
032 *
033 * @param name the component name to resolve
034 * @param context the context to load the component if it can be resolved
035 * @return the component which is added to the context or null if it cannot be resolved
036 * @throws Exception is thrown if the the component could not be loaded
037 */
038 Component resolveComponent(String name, CamelContext context) throws Exception;
039 }