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package OpenRate.adapter;
import OpenRate.exception.InitializationException;
/**
* Base interface for all adapters. Defines the methods for initialising and
* handling exceptions in all adapters.
*
*/
public interface IAdapter {
/**
* Initialise the module. Called during pipeline creation.
*
* @param PipelineName The name of the pipeline this module is in
* @param ModuleName The module symbolic name of this module
* @throws OpenRate.exception.InitializationException
*/
public void init(String PipelineName, String ModuleName)
throws InitializationException;
/**
* Perform any cleanup. Called by OpenRateApplication during application
* shutdown. Since the application is shutting down when cleanup is called,
* there are no checked exceptions thrown from this method. Cleanup failures
* should be able to be ignored.
*/
public void cleanup();
}