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package com.adobe.granite.ui.components;

import java.util.Locale;

import javax.servlet.jsp.PageContext;

/**
 * A service to resolve an expression into an actual object.
 */
public interface ExpressionResolver {

    /**
     * Resolves the given expression.
     * @param expression the expression to be resolved
     * @param locale the locale
     * @param expectedType the expected type of the resolved expression
     * @param  the type of the resolved expression
     * @param pageContext the page context
     * @return the given expression
     */
     T resolve(String expression, Locale locale, Class expectedType, PageContext pageContext);

}