AutoConfigurable.java

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package org.sharegov.cirm;

import mjson.Json;

/**
 * <p>
 * An object is <code>auto configurable</code> if it is capable of picking up
 * its description from the backing ontology. One simple way to use this
 * mechanism is the declare an OWL individual of type <code>JavaClass</code>
 * and an IRI the fully qualified Java class name. Then any configuration properties
 * will be associated with that individual, but the corresponding runtime Java object
 * will have to read them and initialize itself.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @author Borislav Iordanov
 *
 */
public interface AutoConfigurable
{
    void autoConfigure(Json config);
}