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/*
 * Copyright (c) MuleSoft, Inc.  All rights reserved.  http://www.mulesoft.com
 * The software in this package is published under the terms of the CPAL v1.0
 * license, a copy of which has been included with this distribution in the
 * LICENSE.txt file.
 */
package org.mule.api;

/**
 * Marking interface to identity resources that need to be closed in order to release
 * resources.
 */
public interface Closeable
{

    /**
     * Closes the resource. Calling this method is mandatory for any component using
     * this instance once it finishes using it. This method should not throw
     * exception is invoked on an instance that has already been closed
     * 
     * @throws MuleException if an exception occurs closing the resource
     */
    public void close() throws MuleException;

}