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}