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+// --- BEGIN COPYRIGHT BLOCK ---
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+// with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+// 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+//
+// (C) 2007 Red Hat, Inc.
+// All rights reserved.
+// --- END COPYRIGHT BLOCK ---
+package com.netscape.certsrv.listeners;
+
+
+import com.netscape.certsrv.base.*;
+
+/**
+ * This interface represents a plug-in listener. Implement this class to
+ * add the listener to an ARequestNotifier of a subsystem.
+ * <P>
+ * @version $Revision$, $Date$
+ */
+public interface IRequestListenerPlugin {
+    
+    /**
+     * get the registered class name set in the init() method.
+     * <P>
+     *  @return the Name.
+     */
+    public String getName();
+    
+    /**
+     * get the plugin implementaion name set in the init() method.
+     * <P>
+     * @return the plugin implementation name.
+     */
+    public String getImplName();
+    
+    /**
+     * the subsystem call this method to initialize the plug-in.
+     * <P>
+     * @param name the registered class name of the plug-in.
+     * @param implName the implemetnation name of the plug-in.
+     * @param config the configuration store where the.
+     * properties of the plug-in are stored.
+     * @exception EBaseException throws base exception in the certificate server.
+     */
+    public void   init(String name, String implName, IConfigStore config)
+    throws EBaseException;
+    /**
+     * shutdown the plugin.
+     */
+    public void shutdown();
+    /**
+     * get the configuration parameters of the plug-in.
+     * <P>
+     * @return the configuration parameters.
+     * @exception EBaseException throws base exception in the certificate server.
+     */
+    public String[] getConfigParams()
+    throws EBaseException;
+    /**
+     * get the configuration store of the plugin where the
+     * configuration parameters of the plug-in are stored.
+     * <P>
+     * @return the configuration store.
+     */
+    
+    public IConfigStore getConfigStore();
+    
+}