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1   /*
2    * Copyright (c) MuleSoft, Inc.  All rights reserved.  http://www.mulesoft.com
3    * The software in this package is published under the terms of the CPAL v1.0
4    * license, a copy of which has been included with this distribution in the
5    * LICENSE.txt file.
6    */
7   package org.mule.api.registry;
8   
9   
10  import java.util.Properties;
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12  
13  /**
14   * <code>ServiceFinder</code> can be used as a hook into the service lookup process to 
15   * return the correct Service Descriptor for a given service name. By default a service 
16   * is looked up directly, however a generic service name might be used where the real 
17   * service implementation will depend on other modules/resources being available.
18   * For example, in the case of a SOAP connector the finder could check the classpath for 
19   * Axis or CXF and return the correct descriptor.
20   */
21  public interface ServiceFinder
22  {
23      String findService(String service, ServiceDescriptor descriptor, Properties props) throws ServiceException;
24  }
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