| /* |
| * Copyright 2004,2005 The Apache Software Foundation. |
| * |
| * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); |
| * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. |
| * You may obtain a copy of the License at |
| * |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
| * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
| * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
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| */ |
| package org.apache.axis2.clustering; |
| |
| /** |
| * A representation of a membership scheme such as "multicast based" or "well-known address (WKA) |
| * based" schemes. This is directly related to the membership discovery mechanism. |
| */ |
| public interface MembershipScheme { |
| |
| /** |
| * Initialize this membership scheme |
| * |
| * @throws ClusteringFault If an error occurs while initializing |
| */ |
| void init() throws ClusteringFault; |
| |
| /** |
| * JOIN the group |
| * |
| * @throws ClusteringFault If an error occurs while joining the group |
| */ |
| void joinGroup() throws ClusteringFault; |
| |
| } |