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package org.apache.geode.internal.cache;
import org.apache.geode.cache.Cache;
import org.apache.geode.management.internal.beans.CacheServiceMBeanBase;
/**
* Interface for a service that is linked to a cache.
*
* These services are loaded during cache initialization using the java ServiceLoader and can be
* retrieved from the cache by calling Cache.getService(YourInterface.class)
*/
public interface CacheService {
/**
* Initialize the service with a cache.
*
* Services are initialized in random order, fairly early on in cache initialization. In
* particular, the cache.xml has not yet been parsed.
*/
public void init(Cache cache);
/**
* Return the class or interface used to look up this service.
*/
public Class<? extends CacheService> getInterface();
/**
* Returns the MBean associated with this server
*
* @return the MBean associated with this server
*/
public CacheServiceMBeanBase getMBean();
}