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package org.apache.james.mailetcontainer.api;

import javax.mail.MessagingException;

import org.apache.mailet.Matcher;
import org.apache.mailet.MatcherConfig;

/**
 * Implementations of this interface are responsible for loading {@link Matcher}
 * instances
 */
public interface MatcherLoader {

    /**
     * Get a new {@link Matcher} for the given {@link MatcherConfig}. The
     * returned {@link Matcher} needs to be fully initialized, so the returned
     * instance is "read-to-use"
     *
     * @throws MessagingException
     *             if an error occurs
     */
    Matcher getMatcher(MatcherConfig config) throws MessagingException;

}
