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019
020package org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.spec;
021
022import java.util.List;
023
024import org.apache.isis.applib.DomainObjectContainer;
025import org.apache.isis.core.commons.components.ApplicationScopedComponent;
026import org.apache.isis.core.commons.debug.DebuggableWithTitle;
027import org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.specloader.validator.MetaModelValidator;
028import org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.specloader.validator.ValidationFailures;
029
030public interface SpecificationLoaderSpi extends ApplicationScopedComponent, DebuggableWithTitle, SpecificationLoader {
031
032    /**
033     * Specify the {@link DomainObjectContainer} as part of initializing the services.
034     * 
035     * @see #setServices(List)
036     */
037    void setContainer(DomainObjectContainer container);
038    /**
039     * Specify the services to pro-actively prime the cache, and to initialize them also.
040     * 
041     * @see #setContainer(DomainObjectContainer)
042     */
043    void setServices(List<Object> services);
044
045    /**
046     * Populated as a result of running {@link MetaModelValidator#validate() validation} after all specs have been loaded. 
047     * @param validationFailures 
048     */
049    void validateSpecifications(ValidationFailures validationFailures);
050
051    void invalidateCacheFor(Object domainObject);
052    
053    void invalidateCache(Class<?> domainClass);
054    
055    boolean isInitialized();
056}