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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.general.Pair;
+
+/**
+ * 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 {
+
+ /**
+ * Atomically get the configuration. The XMLRouter uses this to get a
+ * snapshot of the configuration data for handling a single message. In this
+ * way a consistent configuration is used for each event.
+ *
+ * @return Configuration.
+ */
+ Pair<ExtendedRouterConfig, TransformationPaths> getConfig();
+
+ /**
+ * Atomically sets the configuration and updates derived data. There will be
+ * a short time during which read attempts will fail.
+ *
+ * @param aConfig
+ * Configuration to set.
+ */
+ void setRouterConfig(ExtendedRouterConfig aConfig);
+}