SpringApplicationContextAccessor.java

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package org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.context;

import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;

/**
 * A utility to receive the parent Spring application context 
 */
public interface SpringApplicationContextAccessor {
    /**
     * Get the parent Spring application context for the hosting environment. This will be used as the parent 
     * application context for implementation.spring components
     * @return The parent application context
     */
    ApplicationContext getParentApplicationContext();

    /**
     * Set the root Spring application context. This is particually useful for Spring web integration where Spring
     * creates WebApplicationContext and keeps it in the ServletContext
     * @param parentApplicationContext The parent application context
     */
    void setParentApplicationContext(ApplicationContext parentApplicationContext);
}