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87 package org.codehaus.loom.interfaces;
88
89 import java.io.File JavaDoc;
90 import java.io.InputStream JavaDoc;
91 import org.apache.avalon.framework.logger.Logger;
92 import org.apache.excalibur.instrument.InstrumentManager;
93 import org.codehaus.loom.components.util.profile.PartitionProfile;
94
95 /**
96  * Manage the "context" in which Applications operate.
97  *
98  * @author Peter Donald
99  */

100 public interface ApplicationContext
101 {
102     File JavaDoc getHomeDirectory();
103
104     PartitionProfile getPartitionProfile();
105
106     /**
107      * A application can request that it be be shutdown. In most cases the
108      * kernel will schedule the shutdown to occur in another thread.
109      */

110     void requestShutdown();
111
112     /**
113      * Export specified object into management system. The object is exported
114      * using specifed interface and using the specified name.
115      *
116      * @param name the name of object to export
117      * @param object the actual object to export
118      */

119     void exportObject( String JavaDoc name, Object JavaDoc object )
120         throws Exception JavaDoc;
121
122     /**
123      * Unexport specified object from management system.
124      *
125      * @param name the name of object to unexport
126      */

127     void unexportObject( String JavaDoc name )
128         throws Exception JavaDoc;
129
130     /**
131      * Get ClassLoader for the current application.
132      *
133      * @return the ClassLoader
134      */

135     ClassLoader JavaDoc getClassLoader();
136
137     /**
138      * Retrieve a resource from the SAR file. The specified name is relative the
139      * root of the archive. So you could use it to retrieve a html page from
140      * within sar by loading the resource named "data/main.html" or similar.
141      */

142     InputStream JavaDoc getResourceAsStream( String JavaDoc name );
143
144     /**
145      * Get logger with category for application. Note that this name may not be
146      * the absolute category.
147      *
148      * @param name the name of logger
149      * @return the Logger
150      */

151     Logger getLogger( String JavaDoc name )
152         throws Exception JavaDoc;
153
154     /**
155      * Get the instrument manager to use for this application
156      *
157      * @return the InstrumentManager
158      */

159     InstrumentManager getInstrumentManager();
160
161     /**
162      * Get the name to use for the instrumentables for the specified component
163      *
164      * @param component the component
165      * @return the name to use for Instrumentables
166      */

167     String JavaDoc getInstrumentableName( String JavaDoc component );
168 }
169
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