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017package org.apache.camel.spi;
018
019import org.apache.camel.Expression;
020import org.apache.camel.Predicate;
021
022/**
023 * Represents a language to be used for {@link Expression} or {@link Predicate} instances
024 *
025 * @version 
026 */
027public interface Language {
028
029    /**
030     * Creates a predicate based on the given string input
031     *
032     * @param expression  the expression
033     * @return the created predicate
034     */
035    Predicate createPredicate(String expression);
036
037    /**
038     * Creates an expression based on the given string input
039     *
040     * @param expression  the expression as a string input
041     * @return the created expression
042     */
043    Expression createExpression(String expression);
044}