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package org.apache.camel.component.bean;
import org.apache.camel.NoSuchBeanException;
import org.apache.camel.Processor;
/**
* Object holder for a bean.
*
* @version
*/
public interface BeanHolder {
/**
* Gets the bean.
*
* @throws NoSuchBeanException is thrown if the bean cannot be found.
*/
Object getBean() throws NoSuchBeanException;
/**
* Gets a {@link Processor} for this bean, if supported.
*
* @return the {@link Processor}, or <tt>null</tt> if not supported.
*/
Processor getProcessor();
/**
* Whether a {@link Processor} is supported by this bean holder.
*
* @return <tt>true</tt> if the holder can supporting using a processor, <tt>false</tt> otherwise
*/
boolean supportProcessor();
/**
* Gets bean info for the bean.
*/
BeanInfo getBeanInfo();
/**
* Gets bean info for the given bean.
* <p/>
* This implementation allows a thread safe usage for {@link BeanHolder} implementations
* such as the {@link RegistryBean}.
*
* @param bean the bean
* @return <tt>null</tt> if not supported, then use {@link #getBeanInfo()} instead.
*/
BeanInfo getBeanInfo(Object bean);
}