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+/*
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.exchange;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.IncomingMessage;
+
+/**
+ * Separated out from the ExchangeRegistry interface to allow components
+ * that use only this part to have a dependency with a reduced footprint.
+ *
+ */
+public interface MessageRouter
+{
+    /**
+     * Routes content through exchanges, delivering it to 1 or more queues.
+     * @param message the message to be routed
+     *
+     * @throws org.apache.qpid.AMQException if something goes wrong delivering data
+     */
+    void routeContent(IncomingMessage message) throws AMQException;
+}