1 /* 2 * Copyright [2007] [University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development, Inc.] 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 */ 16 17 package edu.internet2.middleware.shibboleth.common.service; 18 19 /** 20 * A service that supports reloading its configuration. 21 */ 22 public interface ReloadableService extends Service { 23 24 /** 25 * Reloads the configuration of the service. Whether internal state is maintained between reloads is implementation 26 * depedent. 27 * 28 * @throws ServiceException thrown if there is a problem reloading the service 29 */ 30 public void reload() throws ServiceException; 31 }