# `GEPA.Strategies.ComponentSelector`
[🔗](https://github.com/nshkrdotcom/gepa_ex/blob/v0.3.0/lib/gepa/strategies/component_selector.ex#L1)

Behaviour for selecting which named candidate components should be updated.

# `select`

```elixir
@callback select(GEPA.State.t(), non_neg_integer(), map()) ::
  {[String.t()], GEPA.State.t()}
```

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*Consult [api-reference.md](api-reference.md) for complete listing*