ConfigurationWithSections.java

package org.cache2k.configuration;

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/**
 * If the configuration bean has additional sub configuration beans, then it implements this interface.
 * Section are essentially Java beans. The mechanism is intended to allow extension modules to come with
 * an additional configuration, but, at the same time, do not let the core API depend on it.
 *
 * @author Jens Wilke
 * @see org.cache2k.Cache2kBuilder#with(ConfigurationSectionBuilder[])
 */
public interface ConfigurationWithSections {

  ConfigurationSectionContainer getSections();

}