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package org.springframework.boot;

import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware;
import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.core.io.support.SpringFactoriesLoader;

/**
 * Callback interface used to support custom reporting of {@link SpringApplication}
 * startup errors. {@link SpringBootExceptionReporter reporters} are loaded through the
 * {@link SpringFactoriesLoader} and must declare a public constructor with a single
 * {@link ConfigurableApplicationContext} parameter.
 *
 * @author Phillip Webb
 * @since 2.0.0
 * @see ApplicationContextAware
 */
@FunctionalInterface
public interface SpringBootExceptionReporter {

	/**
	 * Report a startup failure to the user.
	 * @param failure the source failure
	 * @return {@code true} if the failure was reported or {@code false} if default
	 * reporting should occur.
	 */
	boolean reportException(Throwable failure);

}
