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014    
015    package org.apache.hivemind.lib;
016    
017    import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
018    
019    /**
020     * Service which simply holds a bean factory (provided externally).  This
021     * is used in the case where HiveMind and Spring are initialized in
022     * parallel, and then informed of each other.
023     *
024     * @author Howard Lewis Ship
025     */
026    public interface SpringBeanFactoryHolder extends SpringBeanFactorySource
027    {
028        public void setBeanFactory(BeanFactory factory);
029    }