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package org.apache.cocoon.components;
import org.apache.avalon.framework.component.ComponentException;
import org.apache.avalon.framework.thread.ThreadSafe;
/**
* Components acception this marker interface indicate that they want
* to have a reference to their parent.
* This is for example used for selectors.
* Note: For the current implementation to work, the parent aware
* component and the parent have to be both ThreadSafe!
* @deprecated
*
* @author <a href="mailto:cziegeler@apache.org">Carsten Ziegeler</a>
* @version CVS $Id$
*/
public interface ParentAware
extends ThreadSafe {
/**
* Set the parent component manager and the role name
*/
void setParentLocator(ComponentLocator locator)
throws ComponentException;
}