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#ifndef _CMS_STOPPABLE_H
#define _CMS_STOPPABLE_H

#include <cms/Config.h>
#include <cms/CMSException.h>

namespace cms {

    /**
     * Interface for a class that implements the stop method.
     *
     * An object that implements this interface implies that it will halt all operations
     * that result in events being propagated to external users, internally the Object
     * can continue to process data but not events will be generated to clients and methods
     * that return data will not return valid results until the object is started again.
     *
     * @since 1.0
     */
    class CMS_API Stoppable {
    public:

        virtual ~Stoppable();

        /**
         * Stops this service.
         *
         * @throws CMSException - if an internal error occurs while stopping the Service.
         */
        virtual void stop() = 0;

    };
}

#endif /*_CMS_STOPPABLE_H*/