1 // Copyright 2007 The Apache Software Foundation 2 // 3 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 4 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 5 // You may obtain a copy of the License at 6 // 7 // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 8 // 9 // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 10 // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 11 // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 12 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 13 // limitations under the License. 14 15 package org.apache.hivemind.annotations.internal; 16 17 import org.apache.hivemind.events.RegistryInitializationListener; 18 19 /** 20 * Reponsible for the creation of the single instance of an annotated module class. 21 * Provides the module instance with a reference to the {@link org.apache.hivemind.internal.RegistryInfrastructure}. 22 * 23 * @author Achim Huegen 24 */ 25 public interface ModuleInstanceProvider extends RegistryInitializationListener 26 { 27 /** 28 * @return the module instance 29 */ 30 public Object getModuleInstance(); 31 } 32