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018    package org.apache.camel.spi;
019    
020    import org.apache.camel.Component;
021    import org.apache.camel.CamelContext;
022    import org.apache.camel.Exchange;
023    import org.apache.camel.impl.DefaultComponentResolver;
024    
025    /**
026     * Represents a resolver of components from a URI to be able to auto-load them using some
027     * discovery mechanism like {@link DefaultComponentResolver}
028     *
029     * @version $Revision: 530555 $
030     */
031    public interface ComponentResolver<E extends Exchange> {
032        
033        /**
034         * Attempts to resolve the component for the given URI
035         *
036         * @param name the component name to resolve
037         * @param context the context to load the component if it can be resolved
038         * @return the component which is added to the context or null if it can not be resolved
039         */
040        Component<E> resolveComponent(String name, CamelContext context) throws Exception;
041    }