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

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package org.jcoderz.commons.config;


/**
 * The ServiceConfiguration Interface is the super interface
 * for all derived *Service*Configuration interfaces that provide
 * typed interface methods to get the configuration parameters that belong
 * to the corresponding *Service*.
 *
 */
public interface ServiceConfiguration
{
   // currently no common method for all interfaces

   /**
    * selects the cache mode,if the types interface implementation should cache
    * its configuration. The caching is enabled by default.
    *
    * NOTE: Please remark that this caching mode only determines the caching
    * for the typed interface level. This is independent from the data access
    * level where a separated caching might be available dependent to its
    * implementation.
    *
    * @param doCaching if true, caching is enabled. if false no caching
    *       at the type interface level will be used.
    */
   void enableCaching (boolean doCaching);

}