001 package org.apache.fulcrum.yaafi.service.servicemanager;
002
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021
022 import org.apache.avalon.framework.context.Context;
023 import org.apache.avalon.framework.logger.Logger;
024 import org.apache.avalon.framework.parameters.Parameters;
025 import org.apache.avalon.framework.service.ServiceManager;
026
027 /**
028 * Let's try to break the singleton addiction with this service. This
029 * service stores the instance of a service manager and allows access
030 * to this instance and related information such as
031 *
032 * <ul>
033 * <li>Logger instance
034 * <li>ServiceManager instance
035 * <li>Context instance
036 * <li>Parameters instance
037 * </ul>
038 *
039 * @author <a href="mailto:siegfried.goeschl@it20one.at">Siegfried Goeschl</a>
040 */
041
042 public interface ServiceManagerService extends ServiceManager
043 {
044 /**
045 * @return the Logger of the container
046 */
047 Logger getAvalonLogger();
048
049 /**
050 * @return the ServiceManager for the container
051 */
052 ServiceManager getServiceManager();
053
054 /**
055 * @return the Parameters for the container
056 */
057 Parameters getParameters();
058
059 /**
060 * @return the Context for the container
061 */
062 Context getContext();
063 }