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package org.hyperic.hq.escalation.server.session;
import org.hyperic.hq.authz.server.shared.ResourceDeletedException;
import org.hyperic.hq.events.AlertDefinitionInterface;
/**
* Implementors of this interface can create escalatable objects.
*
* This abstraction is needed because of the following problem:
*
* Group Alert System -[starts escalation] -> Escalation System
*
* The Escalation system must create an escalatable object ONLY if the
* escalation has not already been started. So we essentially need to call
* back into caller to create that object for us.
*/
public interface EscalatableCreator {
Escalatable createEscalatable() throws ResourceDeletedException;
AlertDefinitionInterface getAlertDefinition();
}