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017package org.apache.camel.component.bean;
018
019import org.apache.camel.Expression;
020
021/**
022 * A strategy for creating a default parameter expression for a given type
023 *
024 * @version 
025 */
026public interface ParameterMappingStrategy {
027
028    /**
029     * Gets an expression used for evaluation with the current Exchange and its result
030     * is used as parameter value for the given type
031     *
032     * @param parameterType the parameter type
033     * @return the expression to evaluate as value
034     */
035    Expression getDefaultParameterTypeExpression(Class<?> parameterType);
036}