cs/ISourceManager.cs

/* $Id$
 *
 * OpenMAMA: The open middleware agnostic messaging API
 * Copyright (C) 2011 NYSE Technologies, Inc.
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using System;

namespace Wombat
{
    public interface ISourceManager : IDisposable
    {
        MamaSource create(string name);

        MamaSource findOrCreate(string name);

        MamaSource find(string name);

        void add(MamaSource source);

        void add(string name, MamaSource source);

        // NB:
        // the destroy method does not belong here because if we decide to
        // expose an ISourceManager property from the MamaSource the user would be
        // able to destroy the underlying source manager in the source, which should
        // not be possible; hence, the destroy method exists in the MamaSource and
        // MamaSourceManager classes
    }
}