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package org.apache.camel.spi;

import java.util.Map;

import org.apache.camel.Message;

/**
 * Factory to create the {@link Map} implementation to use for storing headers on {@link Message}.
 *
 * @see org.apache.camel.impl.DefaultHeadersMapFactory
 */
public interface HeadersMapFactory {

    /**
     * Creates a new empty {@link Map}
     *
     * @return new empty map
     */
    Map newMap();

    /**
     * Creates a new {@link Map} and copies over all the content from the existing map.
     * 
     * The copy of the content should use defensive copy, so the returned map
     * can add/remove/change the content without affecting the existing map.
     *
     * @param map  existing map to copy over (must use defensive copy)
     * @return new map with the content from the existing map
     */
    Map newMap(Map map);

    /**
     * Whether the given {@link Map} implementation is created by this factory?
     *
     * @return true if created from this factory, false if not
     */
    boolean isInstanceOf(Map map);

    /**
     * Whether the created {@link Map} are case insensitive or not.
     * 
     * Important: When using case sensitive (this method return false).
     * Then the map is case sensitive which means headers such as content-type and Content-Type are
     * two different keys which can be a problem for some protocols such as HTTP based, which rely on case insensitive headers.
     * However case sensitive implementations can yield faster performance. Therefore use case sensitive implementation with care.
     */
    boolean isCaseInsensitive();

}