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017    package org.apache.camel.component.properties;
018    
019    import java.util.Properties;
020    
021    import org.apache.camel.CamelContext;
022    
023    /**
024     * A resolver to load properties from a given source such as a file from a classpath.
025     * <p/>
026     * Implementations can also load properties from another source source as JNDI.
027     *
028     * @version 
029     */
030    public interface PropertiesResolver {
031    
032        /**
033         * Resolve properties from the given uri
034         *
035         * @param context the camel context
036         * @param ignoreMissingLocation ignore silently if the property file is missing
037         * @param uri uri(s) defining the source(s)
038         * @return the properties
039         * @throws Exception is thrown if resolving the properties failed
040         */
041        Properties resolveProperties(CamelContext context, boolean ignoreMissingLocation, String... uri) throws Exception;
042        
043    }