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package org.jboss.as.naming;
/**
* A {@link ManagedReferenceFactory} which knows the class name of its {@link ManagedReference} object instance. This type of
* {@link ManagedReferenceFactory} should be used for JNDI bindings, the {@link ServiceBasedNamingStore} relies on it to provide
* proper support for {@link javax.naming.Context} list operations.
*
* @author Eduardo Martins
*
*/
public interface ContextListManagedReferenceFactory extends ManagedReferenceFactory {
String DEFAULT_INSTANCE_CLASS_NAME = Object.class.getName();
/**
* Retrieves the reference's object instance class name.
*
* If it's impossible to obtain such data, the factory should return the static attribute DEFAULT_INSTANCE_CLASS_NAME,
* exposed by this interface.
*
* @return
*/
String getInstanceClassName();
}