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017package org.apache.camel.spi;
018
019import org.apache.camel.CamelContext;
020import 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 
027 */
028public 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 component could not be loaded
037     */
038    Component resolveComponent(String name, CamelContext context) throws Exception;
039}