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package org.ehcache.spi.service;

A configuration type to be used when interacting with a Service. 
Type parameters:
<T> – the service type this configuration works with
<R> – the type of the detached representation/**
 * A configuration type to be used when interacting with a {@link Service}.
 *
 * @param <T> the service type this configuration works with
 * @param <R> the type of the detached representation
 */
public interface ServiceConfiguration<T extends Service, R> {

  
Indicates which service this configuration works with.
Returns:
the service type/**
   * Indicates which service this configuration works with.
   *
   * @return the service type
   */
  Class<T> getServiceType();

  
Derive a detached representation from this configuration
Throws:
UnsupportedOperationException – if the configuration has no representation
Returns:
a detached representation/**
   * Derive a detached representation from this configuration
   *
   * @return a detached representation
   * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the configuration has no representation
   */
  default R derive() throws UnsupportedOperationException {
    throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
  }

  
Construct a new configuration from the given detached representation.
Params:
representation – a detached representation
Throws:
UnsupportedOperationException – if the configuration has no representation
Returns:
a new configuration/**
   * Construct a new configuration from the given detached representation.
   *
   * @param representation a detached representation
   * @return a new configuration
   * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the configuration has no representation
   */
  default ServiceConfiguration<T, ?> build(R representation) throws UnsupportedOperationException {
    throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
  }

  
Returns true if this configuration can co-exist with other in the same cache configuration. 
 The default implementation of compatibleWith (as used by many of the implementations) considers any instance of the same type (or a sub-type) to be incompatible with this instance. 
Params:
other – other service configuration
Returns:
true if the two configurations are compatible/**
   * Returns true if this configuration can co-exist with {@code other} in the same cache configuration.
   * <p>
   * The default implementation of {@code compatibleWith} (as used by many of the implementations) considers any
   * instance of the same type (or a sub-type) to be incompatible with this instance.
   *
   * @param other other service configuration
   * @return {@code true} if the two configurations are compatible
   */
  default boolean compatibleWith(ServiceConfiguration<?, ?> other) {
    return !getClass().isInstance(other);
  };
}