/*
* Copyright (c) 2013 Eike Stepper (Berlin, 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();
}