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package org.jcoderz.commons.config;
import java.rmi.RemoteException;
import org.jcoderz.commons.ArgumentMalformedException;
/**
* ConfigurationService's business interface in order to fetch specific
* configuration data.
*
* On this level only primitive types String, int, long and boolean are used.
* The well formed and complex typed interfaces for the specific services are
* using this more simple interface.
*
* A factory method is provided to get the service specific typed interface.
* The service specific, well formed and typed interfaces and their
* implementation is generated by XSLT.
*
* For notifications of cache updates a registration for a ConfigurationListener
* is provided.
*
*/
public interface ConfigurationServiceInterface
extends ConfigurationServiceCommonInterface
{
/**
* gets the ServiceConfiguration interface related to the given
* *Service*Configuration classname.
* This is the factory method that is used in the generated Container and
* Client Factories for the given service.
*
* @param classname the service configuration interface classname (full
* qualified) for which the ServiceConfiguration interface should be
* created. The classname MUST include the complete package path.
* @return the related ServiceConfiguration instance
*
* @throws RemoteException if a remote call fails.
* @throws ArgumentMalformedException Is thrown to indicate the illegal use
* of a null object as input parameter.
* @throws ConfigurationFactoryFailedException if no ServiceConfiguration
* instance for the given application service could be found/created.
*/
ServiceConfiguration getServiceConfiguration (
String classname)
throws RemoteException, ArgumentMalformedException,
ConfigurationFactoryFailedException;
/**
* ConfigurationListener instance that will be registered to receive
* notifications.
*
* @param listener ConfigurationListener instance that will be registered
* to receive notifications.
* @throws RemoteException if a remote call fails.
* @throws ArgumentMalformedException Is thrown to indicate the illegal use
* of a null object as input parameter.
*/
void addConfigurationListener (ConfigurationListener listener)
throws RemoteException, ArgumentMalformedException;
}