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* Signavio Core Components
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package com.signavio.platform.core;
import java.io.File;
/**
* A platform instance represents the one and only running platform of a server. PlatformInstance are
* created and booted by the Plaform factory.
* @author Bjoern Wagner
*
*/
public interface PlatformInstance {
/**
* Returns the directory of all available handlers of the platform if available
* @return Returns the instance of the HandlerDirectory or null if the handler layer isn't loaded
*/
public abstract HandlerDirectory getHandlerDirectory();
/**
* Returns a all platform configuration properties defined in the web.xml of the servlet container
* @return
*/
public abstract PlatformProperties getPlatformProperties();
/**
* Initializes the PlatformInstance
* @param parameters Implementation specific parameters needed to initialize the platform
*/
public abstract void bootInstance(Object ... parameters);
/**
* Returns a file object for the given path
* @param path The path of the file
* @return
*/
public abstract File getFile(String path);
/**
* Stop the platform and all its components
*/
public abstract void shutdownInstance();
}