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35 package org.ogf.graap.wsag.server.accounting;
36
37 import org.ogf.graap.wsag4j.types.engine.SLAMonitoringNotificationEventType;
38
39 /**
40 * An accounting system is notified of the evaluation of agreement guarantees and issues the appropriate
41 * penalties and rewards according to the guarantee evaluation result. Specific implementations can also use
42 * these events to trigger self-management or self-optimizing actions based on the guarantee evaluation.
43 *
44 * @author Oliver Waeldrich
45 *
46 */
47 public interface IAccountingSystem
48 {
49
50 /**
51 * Notifies the accounting system of a guarantee evaluation event.
52 *
53 * @param notificationEvent
54 * the notification event
55 *
56 */
57 void issueCompensation( SLAMonitoringNotificationEventType notificationEvent );
58
59 }