/*
 * Copyright 2007 Yusuke Yamamoto
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

package twitter4j.conf;

/**
 * @author Yusuke Yamamoto - yusuke at mac.com
 */
public interface ConfigurationFactory {
    /**
     * returns the root configuration
     *
     * @return root configuration
     */
    Configuration getInstance();

    /**
     * returns the configuration specified by the path
     *
     * @param configTreePath the path
     * @return the configuration
     */
    Configuration getInstance(String configTreePath);

    /**
     * clean up resources acquired by this factory.
     */
    void dispose();
}
