1 /* 2 * $Id: ConfigurationBuilder.java 10489 2008-01-23 17:53:38Z dfeist $ 3 * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 * Copyright (c) MuleSource, Inc. All rights reserved. http://www.mulesource.com 5 * 6 * The software in this package is published under the terms of the CPAL v1.0 7 * license, a copy of which has been included with this distribution in the 8 * LICENSE.txt file. 9 */ 10 11 package org.mule.api.config; 12 13 import org.mule.api.MuleContext; 14 15 /** 16 * A <code>ConfigurationBuilder</code> is used to configure a Mule instance, 17 * represented by a MuleContext instance. Multiple ConfigurationBuilder's can be used 18 * to configure a single mule instance with each ConfigurationBuilder doing one of 19 * more of the following: 20 * <li> Creation of mule runtime artifacts (endpoint's, connector's, service's, 21 * transformer's) which are then registered with the <code>Registy</code 22 * <li> Creation and registration of SecurityManager / TransactionManager / TransactionManagerFactory / QueueManager 23 * and ThreadingProfile's. Unlike the runtime artifacts mule only uses a single instance of each of these and so if 24 * multiple configuration builder create and register these artifacts only one will be used. 25 * <li> Configuration of existing Mule configuration related artifacts such as <code>MuleConfiguration</code> and 26 * <code>ServerNotificationManager</code> 27 * <br/><br/> 28 * Which of the above takes place, depends on what the configuration source contains and the ConfgurationBuilder implementation is used. 29 */ 30 public interface ConfigurationBuilder 31 { 32 33 /** 34 * Will configure a MuleContext based on the configuration provided 35 * 36 * @param muleContext 37 * @throws ConfigurationException 38 */ 39 void configure(MuleContext muleContext) throws ConfigurationException; 40 41 /** 42 * Indicate whether this ConfigurationBulder has been configured yet 43 * 44 * @return <code>true</code> if this ConfigurationBulder has been configured. 45 */ 46 boolean isConfigured(); 47 }