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017package org.apache.camel.component.properties;
018
019import java.util.Properties;
020
021import org.apache.camel.CamelContext;
022
023/**
024 * A resolver to load properties from a given source such as a file from a classpath.
025 * <p/>
026 * Implementations can also load properties from another source source as JNDI.
027 *
028 * @version 
029 */
030public interface PropertiesResolver {
031
032    /**
033     * Resolve properties from the given uri
034     *
035     * @param context the camel context
036     * @param ignoreMissingLocation ignore silently if the property file is missing
037     * @param uri uri(s) defining the source(s)
038     * @return the properties
039     * @throws Exception is thrown if resolving the properties failed
040     */
041    Properties resolveProperties(CamelContext context, boolean ignoreMissingLocation, String... uri) throws Exception;
042    
043}