awt/javax/imageio/spi/RegisterableService.java

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/**
 * @author Rustem V. Rafikov
 * @version $Revision: 1.3 $
 */
package javax.imageio.spi;

/**
 * The RegisterableService interface provides service provider 
 * objects that can be registered by a ServiceRegistry, and 
 * notifications that registration and deregistration have been
 * performed.
 */
public interface RegisterableService {
    
    /**
     * This method is called when the object which implements this
     * interface is registered to the specified category of the 
     * specified registry.
     * 
     * @param registry the ServiceRegistry to be registered.
     * @param category the class representing a category.
     */
    void onRegistration(ServiceRegistry registry, Class<?> category);
    
    /**
     * This method is called when the object which implements this
     * interface is deregistered to the specified category of the 
     * specified registry.
     * 
     * @param registry the ServiceRegistry to be registered.
     * @param category the class representing a category.
     */
    void onDeregistration(ServiceRegistry registry, Class<?> category);
}