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+/*
+ * Copyright 2018 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.gemfire.config.annotation.support;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean;
+import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
+
+/**
+ * The {@link Configurer} interface defines a contract for implementing objects that can modify
+ * some aspect of configuration given a reference to the Spring {@link FactoryBean} responsible
+ * for the configuration of some {@link Object} or Spring bean.
+ *
+ * @author John Blum
+ * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean
+ * @see org.springframework.core.Ordered
+ * @since 2.2.0
+ */
+@FunctionalInterface
+public interface Configurer<T extends FactoryBean<?>> extends Ordered {
+
+	/**
+	 * Applies additional configuration to the given Spring {@link FactoryBean}.
+	 *
+	 * @param beanName {@link String} containing the name of the Spring bean.
+	 * @param factoryBean {@link FactoryBean} used to construct, configure and initialize the {@link Object}
+	 * or Spring Bean.
+	 */
+	void configure(String beanName, T factoryBean);
+
+	/**
+	 * Defines the {@literal order} of this {@link Configurer} bean relative to other {@link Configurer Configurers}.
+	 *
+	 * @return the {@literal order} in which this {@link Configurer} is applied.
+	 */
+	@Override
+	default int getOrder() {
+		return 0;
+	}
+}