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| package org.apache.brooklyn.api.location; |
| |
| import java.util.Map; |
| |
| /** |
| * A location that is able to provision new locations within it. |
| */ |
| public interface ProvisioningLocation<T extends Location> extends Location { |
| /** |
| * Obtain a new (sub)-location in the location represented by this class. |
| * |
| * @param flags Constraints and details of the location to be provisioned |
| * @return the location provisioned |
| * @throws LocationNotAvailableException if could not provision such a location |
| */ |
| T obtain(Map<?,?> flags) throws LocationNotAvailableException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Release a previously-obtained location. |
| * |
| * @param location a location previously obtained |
| * @throws IllegalStateException if the machine did not come from a call to {@link #obtain()} or it has already been released. |
| */ |
| void release(T machine); |
| |
| } |