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   Copyright 2013 Nationale-Nederlanden

   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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package nl.nn.adapterframework.core;

/**
 * Interface to be implemented by classes of which the number of threads can be controlled at runtime.
 * 
 * Implementing this class results in receivers that have a number of threads that can be controlled
 * from the ibisconsole.
 * 
 * @author  Gerrit van Brakel
 * @since  
 */
public interface IThreadCountControllable {

	public boolean isThreadCountReadable();
	public boolean isThreadCountControllable();
	
	public int getCurrentThreadCount();
	public int getMaxThreadCount();
	
	public void increaseThreadCount();
	public void decreaseThreadCount();

}