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package org.apache.commons.configuration2.reloading;
Definition of an interface to be implemented by components which support reloading operations managed by a ReloadingController
.
Classes implementing this interface have to provide access to a ReloadingController
instance. This object can then be used to trigger reloading checks.
Since: 2.0
/**
* <p>
* Definition of an interface to be implemented by components which support
* reloading operations managed by a {@link ReloadingController}.
* </p>
* <p>
* Classes implementing this interface have to provide access to a
* {@link ReloadingController} instance. This object can then be used to trigger
* reloading checks.
* </p>
*
* @since 2.0
*/
public interface ReloadingControllerSupport
{
Returns the ReloadingController
associated with this object. Returns: the associated ReloadingController
/**
* Returns the {@code ReloadingController} associated with this object.
*
* @return the associated {@code ReloadingController}
*/
ReloadingController getReloadingController();
}