/*

     This file is part of Combean.

     Combean is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify

     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

     the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or

     (at your option) any later version.

     Combean is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,

     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the

     GNU General Public License for more details.

     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License

     along with Combean; if not, write to the Free Software

     Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA

 */

 /*

  * Created on 21.08.2005

  *

  */

 package net.sourceforge.combean.interfaces.graph.prop;

 /**

  * A base interface for a modifiable data structure where the end

  * of dynamic modifcations can be announced explicitly. 

  * 

  * @author schickin

  *

  */

 public interface Freezable {

     /**

      * This method should be called after modifications to the graph

      * are done. It allows the implementing class to cleanup data structures

      * which are only needed for the dynamic modification of the graph.

      */

     public void freeze();

 }