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 015package org.apache.hivemind.internal; 016 017import 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 */ 026public 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}