package org.apache.commons.jcs.engine.behavior;

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/**
 * This interface is required of all shutdown observers.  These observers
 * can observer ShutdownObservable objects.  The CacheManager is the primary
 * observable that this is intended for.
 * <p>
 * Most shutdown operations will occur outside this framework for now.  The initial
 * goal is to allow background threads that are not reachable through any reference
 * that the cache manager maintains to be killed on shutdown.
 *
 * @author Aaron Smuts
 *
 */
public interface IShutdownObserver
{
    /**
     * Tells the observer that the observable has received a shutdown command.
     *
     */
    void shutdown();
}