1 /* 2 * Copyright 1999-2004 The Apache Software Foundation. 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 */ 16 package org.apache.cocoon.components; 17 18 import org.apache.avalon.framework.component.ComponentException; 19 import org.apache.avalon.framework.thread.ThreadSafe; 20 21 /** 22 * Components acception this marker interface indicate that they want 23 * to have a reference to their parent. 24 * This is for example used for selectors. 25 * Note: For the current implementation to work, the parent aware 26 * component and the parent have to be both ThreadSafe! 27 * @deprecated 28 * 29 * @author <a HREF="mailto:cziegeler@apache.org">Carsten Ziegeler</a> 30 * @version CVS $Id: ParentAware.java 30932 2004-07-29 17:35:38Z vgritsenko $ 31 */ 32 public interface ParentAware 33 extends ThreadSafe { 34 35 /** 36 * Set the parent component manager and the role name 37 */ 38 void setParentLocator(ComponentLocator locator) 39 throws ComponentException; 40 } 41