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package org.apache.brooklyn.api.location;

import java.util.Map;

/**
 * A location that is able to provision new locations within it.
 */
public interface ProvisioningLocation extends Location {
    /**
     * Obtain a new (sub)-location in the location represented by this class.
     * 
     * @param flags Constraints and details of the location to be provisioned
     * @return the location provisioned
     * @throws LocationNotAvailableException if could not provision such a location
     */
    T obtain(Map flags) throws LocationNotAvailableException;

    /**
     * Release a previously-obtained location.
     *
     * @param location a location previously obtained
     * @throws IllegalStateException if the machine did not come from a call to {@link #obtain()} or it has already been released.
     */
    void release(T machine);
    
}




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