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017package org.apache.camel.component.bean;
018
019import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
020
021import org.apache.camel.CamelContext;
022import org.apache.camel.Expression;
023import org.apache.camel.language.LanguageAnnotation;
024
025/**
026 * A factory which creates an {@link Expression} object from an annotation on a field, property or method parameter
027 * of a specified type.
028 *
029 * @version 
030 */
031public interface AnnotationExpressionFactory {
032
033    Expression createExpression(CamelContext camelContext, Annotation annotation, LanguageAnnotation languageAnnotation, Class<?> expressionReturnType);
034}