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package org.apache.qpid.server.registry;

import org.apache.qpid.server.model.Broker;
import org.apache.qpid.server.stats.StatisticsGatherer;

public interface IApplicationRegistry extends StatisticsGatherer
{
    /**
     * Initialise the application registry. All initialisation must be done in this method so that any components
     * that need access to the application registry itself for initialisation are able to use it. Attempting to
     * initialise in the constructor will lead to failures since the registry reference will not have been set.
     */
    void initialise() throws Exception;

    /**
     * Shutdown this Registry
     */
    void close();

    Broker getBroker();
}