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package org.apache.camel.spi;

import org.apache.camel.Endpoint;

/**
 * Endpoint strategy with callback invoked when an {@link org.apache.camel.Endpoint} is about to be registered to the
 * endpoint registry in {@link org.apache.camel.CamelContext}. This callback allows you to intervene
 * and return a mixed in {@link org.apache.camel.Endpoint}.
 * <p/>
 * The {@link org.apache.camel.model.InterceptSendToEndpointDefinition} uses this to allow it to proxy
 * endpoints so it can intercept sending to the given endpoint.
 *
 * @version $Revision$
 */
public interface EndpointStrategy {

    /**
     * Register the endpoint.
     *
     * @param uri  uri of endpoint
     * @param endpoint the current endpoint to register
     * @return the real endpoint to register, for instance a wrapped/enhanced endpoint.
     */
    Endpoint registerEndpoint(String uri, Endpoint endpoint);

}
