camel-2.8.x/camel-core/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/spi/Language.java

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package org.apache.camel.spi;

import org.apache.camel.Expression;
import org.apache.camel.Predicate;

/**
 * Represents a language to be used for {@link Expression} or {@link Predicate} instances
 *
 * @version 
 */
public interface Language {

    /**
     * Creates a predicate based on the given string input
     *
     * @param expression  the expression
     * @return the created predicate
     */
    Predicate createPredicate(String expression);

    /**
     * Creates an expression based on the given string input
     *
     * @param expression  the expression as a string input
     * @return the created expression
     */
    Expression createExpression(String expression);
}