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*
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package com.ning.billing.lifecycle;
/**
* The interface <code>KillbillService<code/> represents a service that will go through the Killbill lifecyle.
* <p>
* A <code>KillbillService<code> can register handlers for the various phases of the lifecycle, so
* that its proper initialization/shutdown sequence occurs at the right time with regard
* to other <code>KillbillService</code>.
*
*/
public interface KillbillService {
public static class ServiceException extends Exception {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 176191207L;
public ServiceException() {
super();
}
public ServiceException(final String msg, final Throwable e) {
super(msg, e);
}
public ServiceException(final String msg) {
super(msg);
}
public ServiceException(final Throwable msg) {
super(msg);
}
}
/**
* @return the name of the service
*/
public String getName();
}