001    package org.apache.fulcrum.yaafi.service.servicemanager;
002    
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021    
022    import org.apache.avalon.framework.context.Context;
023    import org.apache.avalon.framework.logger.Logger;
024    import org.apache.avalon.framework.parameters.Parameters;
025    import org.apache.avalon.framework.service.ServiceManager;
026    
027    /**
028     * Let's try to break the singleton addiction with this service. This
029     * service stores the instance of a service manager and allows access
030     * to this instance and related information such as
031     *
032     * <ul>
033     *   <li>Logger instance
034     *   <li>ServiceManager instance
035     *   <li>Context instance
036     *   <li>Parameters instance
037     * </ul>
038     *
039     *  @author <a href="mailto:siegfried.goeschl@it20one.at">Siegfried Goeschl</a>
040     */
041    
042    public interface ServiceManagerService extends ServiceManager
043    {
044        /**
045         * @return the Logger of the container
046         */
047        Logger getAvalonLogger();
048    
049        /**
050         * @return the ServiceManager for the container
051         */
052        ServiceManager getServiceManager();
053    
054        /**
055         * @return the Parameters for the container
056         */
057        Parameters getParameters();
058    
059        /**
060         * @return the Context for the container
061         */
062        Context getContext();
063    }