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  package au.csiro.pathling.fhirpath.function.registry;
  
  import au.csiro.pathling.fhirpath.function.NamedFunction;
  import jakarta.annotation.Nonnull;
  
  /**
   * A registry of FHIRPath functions.
   *
   * @author John Grimes
   */
  public interface FunctionRegistry {
  
    /**
     * Retrieves an instance of the function with the specified name in the specified context.
     *
     * @param name The name of the function
     * @return An instance of a T
     * @throws NoSuchFunctionError If the function is not found
     */
    @Nonnull
    NamedFunction getInstance(@Nonnull final String name) throws NoSuchFunctionError;
  
  }
  