001//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 002// checkstyle: Checks Java source code for adherence to a set of rules. 003// Copyright (C) 2001-2014 Oliver Burn 004// 005// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 006// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public 007// License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either 008// version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. 009// 010// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 011// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 012// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 013// Lesser General Public License for more details. 014// 015// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public 016// License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software 017// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA 018//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 019package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api; 020 021/** 022 * A component that can be configured. The general idea of 023 * Configuration/Configurable was taken from <a target="_top" 024 * href="http://jakarta.apache.org/avalon/">Jakarta's Avalon framework</a>. 025 * @author lkuehne 026 */ 027public interface Configurable 028{ 029 /** 030 * Configures this component. 031 * @param configuration the configuration to use. 032 * @throws CheckstyleException if there is a configuration error. 033 */ 034 void configure(Configuration configuration) throws CheckstyleException; 035}