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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);
}