001    package org.apache.turbine.services;
002    
003    
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022    
023    
024    import org.apache.commons.configuration.Configuration;
025    
026    /**
027     * Classes that implement this interface can act as a manager for
028     * <code>Service</code> classes.
029     *
030     * Functionality that <code>ServiceManager</code> provides in addition
031     * to <code>ServiceBroker</code> functionality includes configuration
032     * of the manager.
033     *
034     * @author <a href="mailto:ilkka.priha@simsoft.fi">Ilkka Priha</a>
035     * @author <a href="mailto:mpoeschl@marmot.at">Martin Poeschl</a>
036     * @author <a href="mailto:hps@intermeta.de">Henning P. Schmiedehausen</a>
037     * @version $Id: ServiceManager.java 615328 2008-01-25 20:25:05Z tv $
038     */
039    public interface ServiceManager extends ServiceBroker
040    {
041        /**
042         * Initialize this service manager.
043         */
044        void init() throws InitializationException;
045    
046        /**
047         * Get the configuration for this service manager.
048         *
049         * @return Manager configuration.
050         */
051        Configuration getConfiguration();
052    
053        /**
054         * Set the configuration object for the services broker.
055         * This is the configuration that contains information
056         * about all services in the care of this service
057         * manager.
058         *
059         * @param configuration Manager configuration.
060         */
061        void setConfiguration(Configuration configuration);
062    
063        /**
064         * Set the application root.
065         *
066         * @param applicationRoot application root
067         */
068        void setApplicationRoot(String applicationRoot);
069    }