001 // Copyright 2004, 2005 The Apache Software Foundation 002 // 003 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 004 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 005 // You may obtain a copy of the License at 006 // 007 // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 008 // 009 // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 010 // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 011 // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 012 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 013 // limitations under the License. 014 015 package org.apache.hivemind.internal; 016 017 import org.apache.hivemind.Locatable; 018 019 /** 020 * A contribution to a service extension point that is used to 021 * create the core service instance (which may then be enhanced 022 * with interceptors). 023 * 024 * @author Howard Lewis Ship 025 */ 026 public interface ServiceImplementationConstructor extends Locatable 027 { 028 /** 029 * Returns the module which created the contribution. 030 */ 031 public Module getContributingModule(); 032 033 /** 034 * Creates a new core service implementation. 035 */ 036 public Object constructCoreServiceImplementation(); 037 }