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1 /*
2  * Copyright (C) 2005 Alfresco, Inc.
3  *
4  * Licensed under the Mozilla Public License version 1.1
5  * with a permitted attribution clause. You may obtain a
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16  */
17 package org.alfresco.repo.policy;
18
19
20 /**
21  * A Behaviour represents an encapsulated piece of logic (system or business)
22  * that may be bound to a Policy. The logic may be expressed in any
23  * language (java, script etc).
24  *
25  * Once bound to a Policy, the behaviour must be able to provide the interface
26  * declared by that policy.
27  *
28  * @author David Caruana
29  */
30 public interface Behaviour
31 {
32     /**
33      * Gets the requested policy interface onto the behaviour
34      *
35      * @param policy the policy interface class
36      * @return the policy interface
37      */
38     public <T> T getInterface(Class JavaDoc<T> policy);
39     
40     /**
41      * Disable the behaviour (for this thread only)
42      */
43     public void disable();
44
45     /**
46      * Enable the behaviour (for this thread only)
47      */
48     public void enable();
49
50     /**
51      * @return is the behaviour enabled (for this thread only)
52      */
53     public boolean isEnabled();
54     
55 }
56
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