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jBasics is a collection of useful utility classes for Java. This includes helper for XML, mathematic functions, restful web services helper, pattern oriented programming interfaces and more. Currently Java7 and up is supported. Version 1.0 will required at leaset Java8.

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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2009-2015
 * 	IT-Consulting Stephan Schloepke (http://www.schloepke.de/)
 * 	klemm software consulting Mirko Klemm (http://www.klemm-scs.com/)
 *
 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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package org.jbasics.pattern.delegation;

/**
 * A delegate which can be released. Usually used in conjunction with a Pool.
 *
 * @param  The delegated type.
 *
 * @author Stephan Schloepke
 * @since 1.0.0
 */
public interface ReleasableDelegate extends Delegate {

	/**
	 * Release the delegate making it no longer been available unless its lazily recreated or acquired from a pool.
	 *
	 * @return True if the delegated element is released. If it is false the delegate might keep the delegated instance.
	 */
	boolean release();
}