RestletProvider.java

/**
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package org.restlet.ext.osgi;

import org.restlet.Context;
import org.restlet.Restlet;

/**
 * This is a common interface for several of the providers. Users are not
 * expected to implement this interface, but instead implement one of the
 * specialized provider interfaces.
 * 
 * @author Bryan Hunt
 */
public interface RestletProvider {
    /**
     * 
     * @param context
     *            the Restlet application context
     * @return the node to be used as the inbound root of the handling chain
     */
    Restlet getInboundRoot(Context context);
}