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package com.gemstone.gemfire.internal.lang;
/**
* The Initable interface defines a contract for implementing classes who's Object instances can be initialized after
* construction.
*
* @author John Blum
* @since 6.8
*/
public interface Initable {
/**
* Called to perform additional initialization logic after construction of the Object instance. This is necessary
* in certain cases to prevent escape of the "this" reference during construction by subclasses needing to
* instantiate other collaborators or starting of additional services, like Threads, and so on.
*/
public void init();
}