View Javadoc

1   /*
2    * Copyright 2006-2008 the original author or authors.
3    * 
4    * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5    * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6    * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7    * 
8    *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9    * 
10   * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11   * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12   * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13   * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14   * limitations under the License.
15   *
16   * Created on 23-Jan-2006 by Adrian Colyer
17   */
18  
19  package org.springframework.osgi.context;
20  
21  import org.osgi.framework.BundleContext;
22  
23  /**
24   * Interface that enables beans to find the bundle context they are defined in.
25   * 
26   * Note that in most circumstances there is no need for a bean to implement this
27   * interface.
28   * 
29   * @author Adrian Colyer
30   */
31  public interface BundleContextAware {
32  
33  	/**
34  	 * Set the {@link BundleContext} that this bean runs in. Normally this can
35  	 * be used to initialize an object.
36  	 * 
37  	 * @param bundleContext the <code>BundleContext</code> object to be used
38  	 * by this object
39  	 */
40  	 void setBundleContext(BundleContext bundleContext);
41  }