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package org.apache.commons.configuration.reloading;
import org.apache.commons.configuration.FileConfiguration;
/**
* A strategy to decide if a configuration should be reloaded.
*
* @author Emmanuel Bourg
* @author Olivier Heger
* @version $Revision: 439648 $, $Date: 2006-09-02 22:42:10 +0200 (Sa, 02. Sep 2006) $
* @since 1.1
*/
public interface ReloadingStrategy
{
/**
* Set the configuration managed by this strategy.
*
* @param configuration the configuration to monitor
*/
void setConfiguration(FileConfiguration configuration);
/**
* Initialize the strategy.
*/
void init();
/**
* Tell if the evaluation of the strategy requires to reload the configuration.
*
* @return a flag whether a reload should be performed
*/
boolean reloadingRequired();
/**
* Notify the strategy that the file has been reloaded.
*/
void reloadingPerformed();
}
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