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014
015package org.apache.hivemind.lib;
016
017import 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 */
026public interface SpringBeanFactoryHolder extends SpringBeanFactorySource
027{
028    public void setBeanFactory(BeanFactory factory);
029}