trunk/camel-core/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/spi/Registry.java

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package org.apache.camel.spi;

import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Represents a service registry which may be implemented via a Spring ApplicationContext,
 * via JNDI, a simple Map or the OSGi Service Registry
 *
 * @version 
 */
public interface Registry {

    /**
     * Looks up a service in the registry based purely on name,
     * returning the service or <tt>null</tt> if it could not be found.
     *
     * @param name the name of the service
     * @return the service from the registry or <tt>null</tt> if it could not be found
     */
    Object lookup(String name);

    /**
     * Looks up a service in the registry, returning the service or <tt>null</tt> if it could not be found.
     *
     * @param name the name of the service
     * @param type the type of the required service
     * @return the service from the registry or <tt>null</tt> if it could not be found
     */
    <T> T lookup(String name, Class<T> type);

    /**
     * Looks up services in the registry by their type.
     * <p/>
     * <b>Note:</b> Not all registry implementations support this feature,
     * such as the {@link org.apache.camel.impl.JndiRegistry}.
     *
     * @param type  the type of the registered services
     * @return the types found, with their id as the key. Returns an empty Map if none found.
     */
    <T> Map<String, T> lookupByType(Class<T> type);

}