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017package org.apache.camel.spi;
018
019import org.apache.camel.Endpoint;
020
021/**
022 * A factory for creating a {@link java.lang.reflect.Proxy} for a bean.
023 * <p/>
024 * This requires to have camel-bean on the classpath.
025 */
026public interface BeanProxyFactory {
027
028    /**
029     * Creates a proxy bean facaded with the interfaces that when invoked will send the data as a message to a Camel endpoint.
030     *
031     * @param endpoint  the endpoint to send to when the proxy is invoked
032     * @param binding   whether to use bean parameter binding which would be needed if invoking a bean method with multiple parameters
033     * @param interfaceClasses the interface(s) to use as bean facade
034     * @throws Exception is thrown if error creating the proxy
035     * @return the created bean proxy
036     */
037    <T> T  createProxy(Endpoint endpoint, boolean binding, Class<T>... interfaceClasses) throws Exception;
038
039}