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 * Copyright 2009-2010 HERAS-AF (www.herasaf.org)
 * Holistic Enterprise-Ready Application Security Architecture Framework
 * 
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package org.herasaf.xacml.core.api;

import java.util.Collection;

import org.herasaf.xacml.core.policy.Evaluatable;

/**
 * This policy enhances to capability of the {@link PolicyRepository} with
 * <u>unordered</u> deployment of {@link Evaluatable}s.
 * 
 * @author Ylli Sylejmani
 */
public interface UnorderedPolicyRepository extends PolicyRepository {

	/**
	 * Inserts a new {@link Evaluatable} into the policy repository. It is put
	 * at the end of the list. It does not require a specific (ordered or
	 * unordered) combining algorithm.
	 * 
	 * @param evaluatable
	 *            The {@link Evaluatable} to add to the policy repository.
	 */
	void deploy(Evaluatable evaluatable);

	/**
	 * Inserts a collection of new {@link Evaluatable}s into the policy
	 * repository. The {@link Evaluatable} are added randomly to the deployed
	 * collections. It does not require a specific (ordered or unordered)
	 * combining algorithm.
	 * 
	 * @param evaluatables
	 *            The collection of {@link Evaluatable}s to add to the policy
	 *            repository.
	 */
	void deploy(Collection<Evaluatable> evaluatables);

}