001/* 002 * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors. 003 * 004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 007 * 008 * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 009 * 010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 013 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 014 * limitations under the License. 015 */ 016 017package org.springframework.messaging.core; 018 019/** 020 * Strategy for resolving a String destination name to an actual destination 021 * of type {@code <D>}. 022 * 023 * @author Mark Fisher 024 * @since 4.0 025 */ 026public interface DestinationResolver<D> { 027 028 /** 029 * Resolve the given destination name. 030 * @param name the destination name to resolve 031 * @return the resolved destination (never {@code null}) 032 * @throws DestinationResolutionException if the specified destination 033 * wasn't found or wasn't resolvable for any other reason 034 */ 035 D resolveDestination(String name) throws DestinationResolutionException; 036 037}