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package org.apache.camel.spi;

import java.util.Map;

import org.apache.camel.CamelContext;
import org.apache.camel.Consumer;
import org.apache.camel.Processor;

/**
 * Allows SPI to plugin a {@link RestApiConsumerFactory} that creates the Camel {@link Consumer} responsible for
 * handling incoming HTTP GET requests from clients that request to access the REST API documentation.
 * 
 * For example most of the Camel components that supports REST-DSL does that, such as camel-jetty,
 * camel-netty-http.
 */
public interface RestApiConsumerFactory {

    /**
     * Creates a new REST API Event Driven Consumer,
     * which provides API listing of the REST services
     *
     * @param  camelContext the camel context
     * @param  processor    the processor
     * @param  contextPath  the context-path
     * @param  parameters   additional parameters
     *
     * @return              a newly created REST API consumer
     * @throws Exception    can be thrown
     */
    Consumer createApiConsumer(
            CamelContext camelContext, Processor processor, String contextPath,
            RestConfiguration configuration, Map parameters)
            throws Exception;

}