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using System;

namespace Apache.Avalon.Framework
{
	/// <summary>
	/// The Suspendable interface is used when a component will need to
	/// temporarily halt execution of a component. The execution may be halted
	/// so that you can take snapshot metrics of the component.
	/// </summary>
	public interface ISuspendable
	{
		/// <summary>
		///   Suspends the component.
		/// </summary>
		void Suspend();

		/// <summary>
		///   Resumes the component.
		/// </summary>
		void Resume();
	}
}