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014    
015    package org.apache.hivemind.lib;
016    
017    import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
018    
019    /**
020     * A service which can acts as a source for a 
021     * {@link org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory} (from which
022     * the different kinds of Spring application contexts derive).
023     *
024     * @author Howard Lewis Ship
025     */
026    public interface SpringBeanFactorySource
027    {
028            public BeanFactory getBeanFactory();
029    }