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+/*
+ * Copyright 2005-2011 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.wamblee.xmlrouter.impl;
+
+import org.wamblee.xmlrouter.common.Id;
+
+/**
+ * Router configuration service that provides atomic configuration of the
+ * router. This is the entry point for configuring the router.
+ *
+ * @author Erik Brakkee
+ */
+public interface RouterConfigService {
+
+ /**
+ * @return New empty configuration.
+ */
+ RouterConfig emptyConfig(String aId);
+
+ /**
+ * Applies a given configuration.
+ *
+ * @param aConfig
+ * Configuration to use.
+ * @param aOldConfig
+ * Id of the configuration to replace or null if this is a new
+ * configuration.
+ * @return Id of the applied configuration.
+ */
+ void apply(RouterConfig aConfig, Id<RouterConfig> aOldConfig);
+
+ /**
+ * Clears the configuration for a given id.
+ *
+ * @param aConfig
+ * Configuration id.
+ */
+ void clear(Id<RouterConfig> aConfig);
+}