1 // Copyright 2004, 2005 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.internal; 16 17 import org.apache.hivemind.Locatable; 18 19 /** 20 * A contribution to a service extension point that is used to 21 * create the core service instance (which may then be enhanced 22 * with interceptors). 23 * 24 * @author Howard Lewis Ship 25 */ 26 public interface ServiceImplementationConstructor extends Locatable 27 { 28 /** 29 * Returns the module which created the contribution. 30 */ 31 public Module getContributingModule(); 32 33 /** 34 * Creates a new core service implementation. 35 */ 36 public Object constructCoreServiceImplementation(); 37 } 38