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package org.apache.tuscany.sca.endpointresolver;

import org.apache.tuscany.sca.assembly.Binding;
import org.apache.tuscany.sca.assembly.Endpoint;

/**
 * A factory for creating the runtime artifacts that resolve endpoints.
 * 
 * @version $Rev$ $Date$
 */
public interface EndpointResolverFactory <M>{

    /**
     * Creates a new endpoint resolver for the given component,
     * reference and binding.
     * 
     * @param component The runtime component
     * @param reference The reference on the runtime component
     * @param enpoint The endpoint assembly model object
     * @return The endpoint provider
     */
    EndpointResolver createEndpointResolver(Endpoint endpoint, Binding binding);
    
    Class<M> getModelType();
}