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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.forwarding;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import org.onap.sdc.api.notification.IArtifactInfo;
+
+/**
+ * Forwards polices.
+ * 
+ * <p>To create a Artifact forwarder a class implementing this interface must be created, along with a
+ * concrete sub class of ArtifactForwarderConfigurationParameterGroup to handle configuration
+ * parameters for the Artifact forwarder.
+ */
+public interface ArtifactForwarder {
+
+    /**
+     * Configure the Artifact forwarder.
+     * 
+     * <p>This method will be invoked immediately after instantiation in order for the Artifact forwarder
+     * to configure itself.
+     * 
+     * @param parameterGroupName the name of the parameter group which contains the configuration
+     *        for the Artifact forwarder
+     */
+    void configure(String parameterGroupName);
+
+    /**
+     * Forward the given policies.
+     * 
+     * @param policies the policies to forward
+     * @throws ArtifactForwardingException if an error occurs when forwarding the given Artifact
+     */
+    void forward(Collection<IArtifactInfo> artifacts) throws ArtifactForwardingException;
+
+}