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017    package org.apache.camel.component.bean;
018    
019    import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
020    
021    import org.apache.camel.CamelContext;
022    import org.apache.camel.Expression;
023    import org.apache.camel.language.LanguageAnnotation;
024    
025    /**
026     * A factory which creates an {@link Expression} object from an annotation on a field, property or method parameter
027     * of a specified type.
028     *
029     * @version 
030     */
031    public interface AnnotationExpressionFactory {
032    
033        Expression createExpression(CamelContext camelContext, Annotation annotation, LanguageAnnotation languageAnnotation, Class<?> expressionReturnType);
034    }