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package com.hpe.caf.api;
/**
* A ConfigurationSource is intended to provide an implementation-agnostic method of retrieving application-specific configuration.
*/
public interface ConfigurationSource
{
/**
* Acquire a configuration class.
*
* @param configClass the class that represents your configuration
* @param the class that represents your configuration
* @return the configuration class requested, if it can be deserialised
* @throws ConfigurationException if the configuration class cannot be acquired or deserialised
*/
T getConfiguration(Class configClass)
throws ConfigurationException;
}