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+/*
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+ * 
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
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+ */
+
+package org.apache.tuscany.sca.core;
+
+
+/**
+ * ModuleActivator represents a module that plugs into the Tuscany system. Each 
+ * module should provide an implementation of this interface and register the 
+ * ModuleActivator implementation class by defining a file named 
+ * 
+ * "META-INF/services/org.apache.tuscany.core.ModuleActivator"
+ * 
+ * The content of the file is the class name of the ModuleActivator implementation. 
+ * The implementation class must have a no-arg constructor. The same instance 
+ * will be used to invoke all the methods during different phases of the module 
+ * activation. Note that the start and stop methods defined by this interface
+ * take a reference to the Tuscany SCA runtime ExtensionPointRegistry. This 
+ * gives the ModuleActivator the opportunity to add extension points to the
+ * registry as it is requested to start up and remove them when it is requested
+ * to shut down.
+ * 
+ * @version $Rev$ $Date$
+ */
+public interface ModuleActivator {
+
+    /**
+     * This method is invoked when the module is started by the Tuscany system.
+     * It can be used by this module to register extensions against extension
+     * points.
+     * 
+     * @param registry The extension point registry
+     */
+    void start(ExtensionPointRegistry registry);
+
+    /**
+     * This method is invoked when the module is stopped by the Tuscany system.
+     * It can be used by this module to unregister extensions against the
+     * extension points.
+     * 
+     * @param registry The extension point registry
+     */
+    void stop(ExtensionPointRegistry registry);
+}