root/trunk/src/java/org/jcoderz/commons/config/ConfigurationServiceInterface.java

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package org.jcoderz.commons.config;

import java.rmi.RemoteException;

import org.jcoderz.commons.ArgumentMalformedException;

/**
 * ConfigurationService's business interface in order to fetch specific
 * configuration data.
 *
 * On this level only primitive types String, int, long and boolean are used.
 * The well formed and complex typed interfaces for the specific services are
 * using this more simple interface.
 *
 * A factory method is provided to get the service specific typed interface.
 * The service specific, well formed and typed interfaces and their
 * implementation is generated by XSLT.
 *
 * For notifications of cache updates a registration for a ConfigurationListener
 * is provided.
 *
 */
public interface ConfigurationServiceInterface
      extends ConfigurationServiceCommonInterface
{
   /**
    * gets the ServiceConfiguration interface related to the given
    * *Service*Configuration classname.
    * This is the factory method that is used in the generated Container and
    * Client Factories for the given service.
    *
    * @param classname the service configuration interface classname (full
    *       qualified) for which the ServiceConfiguration interface should be
    *       created. The classname MUST include the complete package path.
    * @return the related ServiceConfiguration instance
    *
    * @throws RemoteException if a remote call fails.
    * @throws ArgumentMalformedException Is thrown to indicate the illegal use
    *         of a null object as input parameter.
    * @throws ConfigurationFactoryFailedException if no ServiceConfiguration
    *       instance for the given application service could be found/created.
    */
   ServiceConfiguration getServiceConfiguration (
         String classname)
         throws RemoteException, ArgumentMalformedException,
               ConfigurationFactoryFailedException;

   /**
    * ConfigurationListener instance that will be registered to receive
    * notifications.
    *
    * @param listener ConfigurationListener instance that will be registered
    *        to receive notifications.
    * @throws RemoteException if a remote call fails.
    * @throws ArgumentMalformedException Is thrown to indicate the illegal use
    *         of a null object as input parameter.
    */
   void addConfigurationListener (ConfigurationListener listener)
         throws RemoteException, ArgumentMalformedException;

}