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package org.eclipse.gemini.blueprint.compendium.internal.cm;
import java.util.Map;
/**
* Manager dealing with injection and updates of Spring beans configured through
* the Configuration Admin.
*
* <p/> Implementations are responsible for interacting with the Configuration
* Admin service, for injection/reinjection of properties into the managed
* beans.
*
* @author Costin Leau
*
*/
public interface ManagedServiceBeanManager {
/**
* Registers the given Spring-managed bean instance with the manager. The
* manager will apply any existing configuration to the given bean and
* return the newly configured instance back.
*
* @param bean Spring-managed bean instance
* @return reinjected bean instace
*/
Object register(Object bean);
/**
* Deregisters the given Spring-managed instance from the manager. Once
* deregistered, no configuration updates will be propagated to the given
* instance.
*
* @param bean
*/
void unregister(Object bean);
/**
* Re-applies injection on the Spring-managed instances using the given
* properties.
*
* @param properties new properties
*/
void updated(Map properties);
}