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module hunt.stomp.core.DestinationResolver;

/**
 * Strategy for resolving a string destination name to an actual destination
 * of type {@code !(T)}.
 *
 * @author Mark Fisher
 * @since 4.0
 * @param (T) the destination type
 */

interface DestinationResolver(T) {

	/**
	 * Resolve the given destination name.
	 * @param name the destination name to resolve
	 * @return the resolved destination (never {@code null})
	 * @throws DestinationResolutionException if the specified destination
	 * wasn't found or wasn't resolvable for any other reason
	 */
	T resolveDestination(string name);

}