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+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.handling;
+
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.decoding.PluginInitializationException;
+import org.onap.policy.distribution.reception.decoding.PluginTerminationException;
+
+/**
+ * Handles input into Policy Distribution which may be decoded into a Policy.
+ */
+public interface ReceptionHandler {
+
+ /**
+ * Initialize the reception handler with the given parameters.
+ *
+ * @param parameterGroupName the name of the parameter group containing the configuration for the reception handler
+ * @throws PluginInitializationException exception if it occurs
+ */
+ void initialize(String parameterGroupName) throws PluginInitializationException;
+
+ /**
+ * Destroy the reception handler, removing any subscriptions and releasing all resources.
+ *
+ * @throws PluginTerminationException if it occurs
+ */
+ void destroy() throws PluginTerminationException;
+
+}