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package org.apache.brooklyn.api.location;
import java.util.Map;
import org.apache.brooklyn.api.mgmt.ManagementContext;
import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
/**
* Provides a way of creating location instances of a particular type.
*/
public interface LocationResolver {
void init(ManagementContext managementContext);
/** the prefix that this resolver will attend to */
String getPrefix();
/** whether the spec is something which should be passed to this resolver */
boolean accepts(String spec, LocationRegistry registry);
/**
* Similar to {@link #newLocationFromString(Map, String)}
* but passing in a reference to the registry itself (from which the base properties are discovered)
* and including flags (e.g. user, key, cloud credential) which are known to be for this location.
* <p>
* introduced to support locations which refer to other locations, e.g. NamedLocationResolver
**/
@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
Location newLocationFromString(Map locationFlags, String spec, LocationRegistry registry);
/** @since 0.7.0 exploring this as a mechanism to disable locations */
@Beta
public interface EnableableLocationResolver extends LocationResolver {
/** whether the location is enabled */
boolean isEnabled();
}
}