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19
20 package org.apache.mailet;
21
22 import java.util.Iterator;
23
24 /***
25 * A mailet configuration object used by a mailet container to pass information
26 * to a mailet during initialization.
27 * <p>
28 * The configuration information contains initialization parameters, which are a set
29 * of name/value pairs, and a MailetContext object, which gives the mailet information
30 * about the server.
31 *
32 * @version 1.0.0, 24/04/1999
33 */
34 public interface MailetConfig {
35
36 /***
37 * Returns a String containing the value of the named initialization
38 * parameter, or null if the parameter does not exist.
39 *
40 * @param name - a String specifying the name of the initialization parameter
41 * @return a String containing the value of the initialization parameter
42 */
43 String getInitParameter(String name);
44
45 /***
46 * Returns the names of the mailet's initialization parameters as an
47 * Iterator of String objects, or an empty Iterator if the mailet has
48 * no initialization parameters.
49 *
50 * @return an Iterator of String objects containing the names of the mailet's
51 * initialization parameters
52 */
53 Iterator getInitParameterNames();
54
55 /***
56 * Returns a reference to the MailetContext in which the mailet is
57 * executing.
58 *
59 * @return a MailetContext object, used by the mailet to interact with its
60 * mailet container
61 */
62 MailetContext getMailetContext();
63
64 /***
65 * Returns the name of this mailet instance. The name may be provided via
66 * server administration, assigned in the application deployment descriptor,
67 * or for an unregistered (and thus unnamed) mailet instance it will be the
68 * mailet's class name.
69 *
70 * @return the name of the mailet instance
71 */
72 String getMailetName();
73 }