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017    package org.apache.camel.spi;
018    
019    import java.util.Map;
020    import java.util.Set;
021    
022    /**
023     * Represents a service registry which may be implemented via a Spring ApplicationContext,
024     * via JNDI, a simple Map or the OSGi Service Registry
025     *
026     * @version 
027     */
028    public interface Registry {
029    
030        /**
031         * Looks up a service in the registry based purely on name,
032         * returning the service or <tt>null</tt> if it could not be found.
033         *
034         * @param name the name of the service
035         * @return the service from the registry or <tt>null</tt> if it could not be found
036         */
037        Object lookupByName(String name);
038    
039        /**
040         * Looks up a service in the registry, returning the service or <tt>null</tt> if it could not be found.
041         *
042         * @param name the name of the service
043         * @param type the type of the required service
044         * @return the service from the registry or <tt>null</tt> if it could not be found
045         */
046        <T> T lookupByNameAndType(String name, Class<T> type);
047    
048        /**
049         * Finds services in the registry by their type.
050         *
051         * @param type  the type of the registered services
052         * @return the types found, with their ids as the key. Returns an empty Map if none found.
053         */
054        <T> Map<String, T> findByTypeWithName(Class<T> type);
055    
056        /**
057         * Finds services in the registry by their type.
058         *
059         * @param type  the type of the registered services
060         * @return the types found. Returns an empty Set if none found.
061         */
062        <T> Set<T> findByType(Class<T> type);
063    
064        /**
065         * Looks up a service in the registry based purely on name,
066         * returning the service or <tt>null</tt> if it could not be found.
067         *
068         * @param name the name of the service
069         * @return the service from the registry or <tt>null</tt> if it could not be found
070         * @deprecated use {@link #lookupByName(String)}
071         */
072        @Deprecated
073        Object lookup(String name);
074    
075        /**
076         * Looks up a service in the registry, returning the service or <tt>null</tt> if it could not be found.                                            cha
077         *
078         * @param name the name of the service
079         * @param type the type of the required service
080         * @return the service from the registry or <tt>null</tt> if it could not be found
081         * @deprecated use {@link #lookupByNameAndType(String, Class)}
082         */
083        @Deprecated
084        <T> T lookup(String name, Class<T> type);
085    
086        /**
087         * Looks up services in the registry by their type.
088         * <p/>
089         * <b>Note:</b> Not all registry implementations support this feature,
090         * such as the {@link org.apache.camel.impl.JndiRegistry}.
091         *
092         * @param type  the type of the registered services
093         * @return the types found, with their id as the key. Returns an empty Map if none found.
094         * @deprecated use {@link #findByTypeWithName(Class)}
095         */
096        @Deprecated
097        <T> Map<String, T> lookupByType(Class<T> type);
098    
099    }