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1 /***
2  * Jonathan: an Open Distributed Processing Environment
3  * Copyright (C) 2000 France Telecom R&D
4  *
5  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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19  * Release: 3.0
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21  * Contact: jonathan@objectweb.org
22  *
23  * Author: Bruno Dumant
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25  */
26
27 package org.objectweb.jonathan.apis.kernel;
28
29 /**
30  * Interface for context factories.
31  */
32 public interface ContextFactory {
33
34    /**
35     * Returns a new {@link Context Context} instance.
36     * @return a new {@link Context Context} instance.
37     */
38    Context newContext();
39
40    /**
41     * Returns a new {@link Context Context} instance with scope <code>scope</code>.
42     *
43     * @param scope the scope of the returned context instance;
44     * @return a new {@link Context Context} instance.
45     */
46    Context newContext(Context scope);
47 }
48
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