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package org.gatein.wsrp.jcr.mapping.mixins;
/**
* Provides base behavior for mixins, which capture a specific view of the persisted data, potentially cross-cutting functionality. Mixin implementations are meant to focus on a
* single aspect of the persisted data with very narrow functional scope. They are useful to add dynamically new data into already persisted information without having to change
* the persistence "schema", thus allowing rather seamless evolution of the persisted data.
*
* @author <a href="mailto:chris.laprun@jboss.com">Chris Laprun</a>
*/
public interface BaseMixin
{
/**
* Provides a means to initialize the value held by this mixin. Useful when the {@link org.chromattic.api.annotations.DefaultValue} annotation cannot be used because the initial
* value is not known at compile time.
*/
void initializeValue();
}