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017    package org.apache.camel.spi;
018    
019    import java.util.Map;
020    
021    /**
022     * Represents a service registry which may be implemented via a Spring ApplicationContext,
023     * via JNDI, a simple Map or the OSGI Service Registry
024     *
025     * @version $Revision: 762641 $
026     */
027    public interface Registry {
028    
029        /**
030         * Looks up a service in the registry, returning the service or null if it could not be found.
031         *
032         * @param name the name of the service
033         * @param type the type of the required service
034         * @return the service from the registry or null if it could not be found
035         */
036        <T> T lookup(String name, Class<T> type);
037    
038        /**
039         * Looks up a service in the registry based purely on name,
040         * returning the service or null if it could not be found.
041         *
042         * @param name the name of the service
043         * @return the service from the registry or null if it could not be found
044         */
045        Object lookup(String name);
046    
047        /**
048         * Looks up services in the registry by their type.
049         * <p/>
050         * <b>Note:</b> Not all registry implementations support this feature,
051         * such as the {@link org.apache.camel.impl.JndiRegistry}.
052         *
053         * @param type  the type of the registered services
054         * @return the types found, with their id as the key. Returns an empty Map if none found.
055         */
056        <T> Map<String, T> lookupByType(Class<T> type);
057    
058    }