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package org.apache.catalina;
/**
* Decoupling interface which specifies that an implementing class is
* associated with at most one Container instance.
*
* @author Craig R. McClanahan
* @author Peter Donald
*/
public interface Contained {
/**
* Get the {@link Container} with which this instance is associated.
*
* @return The Container with which this instance is associated or
* null if not associated with a Container
*/
Container getContainer();
/**
* Set the Container with which this instance is associated.
*
* @param container The Container instance with which this instance is to
* be associated, or null to disassociate this instance
* from any Container
*/
void setContainer(Container container);
}