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    1   package org.apache.turbine.services;
    2
    3
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    23
    24  import org.apache.commons.configuration.Configuration;
    25
    26  /**
    27   * Classes that implement this interface can act as a manager for
    28   * <code>Service</code> classes.
    29   *
    30   * Functionality that <code>ServiceManager</code> provides in addition
    31   * to <code>ServiceBroker</code> functionality includes configuration
    32   * of the manager.
    33   *
    34   * @author <a href="mailto:ilkka.priha@simsoft.fi">Ilkka Priha</a>
    35   * @author <a href="mailto:mpoeschl@marmot.at">Martin Poeschl</a>
    36   * @author <a href="mailto:hps@intermeta.de">Henning P. Schmiedehausen</a>
    37   * @version $Id: ServiceManager.java 615328 2008-01-25 20:25:05Z tv $
    38   */
    39  public interface ServiceManager extends ServiceBroker
    40  {
    41      /**
    42       * Initialize this service manager.
    43       */
    44      void init() throws InitializationException;
    45
    46      /**
    47       * Get the configuration for this service manager.
    48       *
    49       * @return Manager configuration.
    50       */
    51      Configuration getConfiguration();
    52
    53      /**
    54       * Set the configuration object for the services broker.
    55       * This is the configuration that contains information
    56       * about all services in the care of this service
    57       * manager.
    58       *
    59       * @param configuration Manager configuration.
    60       */
    61      void setConfiguration(Configuration configuration);
    62
    63      /**
    64       * Set the application root.
    65       *
    66       * @param applicationRoot application root
    67       */
    68      void setApplicationRoot(String applicationRoot);
    69  }