diff --git a/symmetric-server/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/web/IServerSymmetricEngineLifecycle.java b/symmetric-server/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/web/IServerSymmetricEngineLifecycle.java
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+/**
+ * Licensed to JumpMind Inc under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed
+ * with this work for additional information regarding
+ * copyright ownership.  JumpMind Inc licenses this file
+ * to you under the GNU General Public License, version 3.0 (GPLv3)
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License,
+ * version 3.0 (GPLv3) along with this library; if not, see
+ * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * 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.jumpmind.symmetric.web;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.jumpmind.extension.IExtensionPoint;
+
+public interface IServerSymmetricEngineLifecycle extends IExtensionPoint {
+    public void initServer(ServerSymmetricEngine engine, List<IUriHandler> uriHandlers, IInterceptor[] customInterceptors,
+            AuthenticationInterceptor authInterceptor, NodeConcurrencyInterceptor concurrencyInterceptor);
+}
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