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namespace Apache.Avalon.Castle.MicroKernel.Subsystems.Configuration
{
	using System;

	using Apache.Avalon.Framework;

	/// <summary>
	/// Summary description for IConfigurationManager.
	/// </summary>
	public interface IConfigurationManager : IKernelSubsystem
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// Implementation should return a configuration for 
		/// the component.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="componentName"></param>
		/// <returns></returns>
		IConfiguration GetConfiguration( String componentName );

		/// <summary>
		/// Implementation should associate a configuration for
		/// the component name.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="componentName"></param>
		/// <param name="configuration"></param>
		void Add( String componentName, IConfiguration configuration );

		/// <summary>
		/// Returns configurations available.
		/// </summary>
		IConfiguration[] Configurations
		{
			get;
		}
	}
}