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1   /*
2    *  jDTAUS Core API
3    *  Copyright (C) 2005 Christian Schulte
4    *  <cs@schulte.it>
5    *
6    *  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
7    *  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
8    *  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
9    *  version 2.1 of the License, or any later version.
10   *
11   *  This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12   *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13   *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
14   *  Lesser General Public License for more details.
15   *
16   *  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
17   *  License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
18   *  Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
19   *
20   */
21  package org.jdtaus.core.container;
22  
23  /**
24   * Context initialization.
25   * <p>By implementing this interface implementations indicate that state may be
26   * bound to a client.</p>
27   *
28   * @author <a href="mailto:cs@schulte.it">Christian Schulte</a>
29   * @version $JDTAUS: ContextInitializer.java 8641 2012-09-27 06:45:17Z schulte $
30   * @deprecated Removed without replacement. An implementation's scope is
31   * specified by the specifications it implements.
32   */
33  public interface ContextInitializer
34  {
35      //--ContextInitializer------------------------------------------------------
36  
37      /**
38       * Checks if a context is initialized.
39       *
40       * @param ctx the context to check.
41       *
42       * @return {@code true} if {@code ctx} is initialized; {@code false} if not.
43       *
44       * @throws NullPointerException if {@code ctx} is {@code null}.
45       * @throws ContextError for unrecoverable context errors.
46       */
47      boolean isInitialized( Context ctx );
48  
49      /**
50       * Initializes a context.
51       *
52       * @param ctx the context to initialze.
53       *
54       * @throws NullPointerException if {@code ctx} is {@code null}.
55       * @throws ContextError for unrecoverable context errors.
56       */
57      void initialize( Context ctx );
58  
59      //------------------------------------------------------ContextInitializer--
60  }