package at.gv.egiz.eaaf.modules.pvp2.api.metadata;

import javax.annotation.Nonnull;

import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.IGarbageCollectorProcessing;

import org.opensaml.saml.metadata.resolver.MetadataResolver;

public interface IPvpAddableChainingMetadataProvider {

  /**
   * Manually add a metadata resolver into a chaining metadata provider.
   * <br>
   * <b>If the chaining metadata provider also implements
   *     {@link IGarbageCollectorProcessing} manually added provider
   *     can be removed by garbage-collector process. This behavior
   *     depends on chaining metadata-provider implementation. </b>
   *
   * @param resolver Metadata provider that should be added
   */
  void addMetadataResolverIntoChain(@Nonnull MetadataResolver resolver);
}