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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;
+
+/**
+ * The XML Router configuration contains both configuration data as well as
+ * derived data used by the XML router. It is important that all this data is
+ * consistent. Therefore, this class provides a read-write locking mechanism for
+ * accessing the data.
+ *
+ * @author Erik Brakkee
+ *
+ */
+public interface XMLRouterConfiguration {
+
+ /**
+ * To be called before the configuration is updated. Corresponds to write
+ * lock acquire.
+ */
+ void startConfigurationChange();
+
+ /**
+ * To be called after the configuration is updated. Corresponds to write
+ * lock acquire.
+ */
+ void endConfigurationChange();
+
+ /**
+ * To be called before the configuration is used. Corresponds to read lock
+ * acquire.
+ */
+ void startPublishEvent();
+
+ /**
+ * To be called after the configuration is used. Corresponds to read lock
+ * release.
+ */
+ void endPublishEvent();
+
+ /**
+ * @return Configuration data.
+ */
+ ExtendedRouterConfig routerConfig();
+
+ /**
+ * @return Transformation paths (derived data).
+ */
+ TransformationPaths transformations();
+}