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package com.googlecode.openbeans.beancontext;

import com.googlecode.openbeans.DesignMode;
import com.googlecode.openbeans.Visibility;
import com.googlecode.openbeans.beancontext.BeanContextChild;
import com.googlecode.openbeans.beancontext.BeanContextMembershipListener;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Collection;

@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
public interface BeanContext extends BeanContextChild, Collection, DesignMode,
        Visibility {

    /**
     * TODO: find out what it should be initialized to
     */
    public static final Object globalHierarchyLock = new Object();

    public void addBeanContextMembershipListener(
            BeanContextMembershipListener bcml);

    public URL getResource(String name, BeanContextChild bcc)
            throws IllegalArgumentException;

    public InputStream getResourceAsStream(String name, BeanContextChild bcc)
            throws IllegalArgumentException;

    public Object instantiateChild(String beanName) throws IOException,
            ClassNotFoundException;

    public void removeBeanContextMembershipListener(
            BeanContextMembershipListener bcml);
}