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002//
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014
015package org.apache.hivemind.lib;
016
017import 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 */
026public interface SpringBeanFactorySource
027{
028        public BeanFactory getBeanFactory();
029}