001    package org.apache.ojb.broker.util.configuration;
002    
003    /* Copyright 2002-2005 The Apache Software Foundation
004     *
005     * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
006     * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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008     *
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010     *
011     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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016     */
017    
018    /**
019     * This interface defines the behaviour of a configurable Object.
020     * It provides a single callback method configure(Configuration pConfig).
021     * This method is invoked by a <code>Configurator</code>.
022     * Implementors of this method evaluate the Configuration object pConfig
023     * to perform the proper configuration of the current instance.
024     *
025     * @author Thomas Mahler
026     * @version $Id: Configurable.java,v 1.1 2007-08-24 22:17:30 ewestfal Exp $
027     */
028    public interface Configurable
029    {
030    
031        /**
032         * configure an object using the Configuration pConfig
033         * @param pConfig the Configuration object used to configure current instance
034         * @throws ConfigurationException
035         */
036        void configure(Configuration pConfig) throws ConfigurationException;
037    
038    }