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package io.undertow.attribute;
/**
* An interface that knows how to build an exchange attribute from a textual representation.
* <p>
* This makes it easy to configure attributes based on a string representation
*
* @author Stuart Douglas
*/
public interface ExchangeAttributeBuilder {
/**
* The string representation of the attribute name. This is used solely for debugging / informational purposes
*
* @return The attribute name
*/
String name();
/**
* Build the attribute from a text based representation. If the attribute does not understand this representation then
* it will just return null.
*
* @param token The string token
* @return The exchange attribute, or null
*/
ExchangeAttribute build(final String token);
/**
* The priority of the builder. Builders will be tried in priority builder. Built in builders use the priority range 0-100,
*
* @return The priority
*/
int priority();
}