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 *    Stuart McCulloch (Sonatype, Inc.) - initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.sisu.bean;

/**
 * Service that manages the lifecycle of beans.
 */
public interface BeanManager
{
    /**
     * Decides whether instances of the given bean type should be reported to this manager.
     * 
     * @param clazz The bean type
     * @return {@code true} if instances of the bean should be reported; otherwise {@code false}
     */
    boolean manage( Class clazz );

    /**
     * Asks this manager to manage the given bean property.
     * 
     * @param property The bean property
     * @return Non-null binding if the bean property was managed; otherwise {@code null}
     */
    PropertyBinding manage( BeanProperty property );

    /**
     * Asks this manager to manage the given bean instance.
     * 
     * @param bean The bean instance
     * @return {@code true} if the bean instance was managed; otherwise {@code false}
     */
    boolean manage( Object bean );

    /**
     * Asks this manager to unmanage the given bean instance.
     * 
     * @param bean The bean instance
     * @return {@code true} if the bean instance was unmanaged; otherwise {@code false}
     */
    boolean unmanage( Object bean );

    /**
     * Asks this manager to unmanage all the bean instances it knows about.
     * 
     * @return {@code true} if any bean instances were unmanaged; otherwise {@code false}
     */
    boolean unmanage();
}