| /* |
| * Copyright (c) 2013 Eike Stepper (Loehne, Germany) and others. |
| * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials |
| * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 |
| * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * Christian W. Damus (CEA) - initial API and implementation |
| */ |
| package org.eclipse.net4j.util.container; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.net4j.util.container.IManagedContainer.ContainerAware; |
| import org.eclipse.net4j.util.factory.IFactory; |
| |
| /** |
| * An extension of the {@link IFactory} protocol that provides an |
| * awareness of the container that instantiated it, so that the |
| * factory may reach back into that container for dependencies. |
| * |
| * @author Christian W. Damus (CEA) |
| * @author Eike Stepper |
| * @since 3.3 |
| */ |
| public interface IManagedContainerFactory extends IFactory, ContainerAware |
| { |
| /** |
| * Obtains the container that I should use to get my dependencies. |
| */ |
| public IManagedContainer getManagedContainer(); |
| } |
