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package net.sf.ehcache.bootstrap;

import net.sf.ehcache.CacheException;
import net.sf.ehcache.Ehcache;

/**
 * @author Greg Luck
 * @version $Id: BootstrapCacheLoader.java 5631 2012-05-10 08:31:33Z teck $
 */
public interface BootstrapCacheLoader {

    /**
     * Instructs the loader to load the given cache
     * @param cache
     */
    void load(Ehcache cache) throws CacheException;

    /**
     *
     * @return true if this bootstrap loader is asynchronous
     */
    boolean isAsynchronous();

    /**
     * Clones the loader
     */
    Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException;

}
