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+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * ONAP : APPC
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 Amdocs
+ * =============================================================================
+ * 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.
+ * 
+ * ECOMP is a trademark and service mark of AT&T Intellectual Property.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.appc.client.lcm.api;
+
+import org.onap.appc.client.lcm.exceptions.AppcClientException;
+
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+public interface AppcLifeCycleManagerServiceFactory {
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new stateful LCM API
+     * @param context application context parameters
+     * @param properties configures the behaviour of the LCM
+     * @return a new stateful LCM API
+     * @throws AppcClientException in case of problem in instantiation
+     */
+    LifeCycleManagerStateful createLifeCycleManagerStateful(ApplicationContext context, Properties properties) throws AppcClientException;
+
+    /**
+     * performs a shutdown of LCM API.
+     * in case of graceful, will try and execute the remaining requests, otherwise, will force the shutdown right away
+     * @param isForceShutdown - boolean. If true to perform force shutdown, other to perform graceful shutdown.
+     */
+    void shutdownLifeCycleManager(boolean isForceShutdown);
+
+}