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package javax.enterprise.context.spi;

/**
 * 
 * Provides operations that are used by the {@link javax.enterprise.context.spi.Contextual} implementation during instance
 * creation and destruction.
 * 
 * 
 * @author Gavin King
 * @author Pete Muir
 *
 * @param  type of the instances on which this CreationalContext operates
 */
public interface CreationalContext {

    /**
     * Registers an incompletely initialized contextual instance the with the container. A contextual instance is considered
     * incompletely initialized until it is returned by
     * {@link javax.enterprise.context.spi.Contextual#create(CreationalContext)} .
     * 
     * @param incompleteInstance the incompletely initialized instance
     */
    public void push(T incompleteInstance);

    /**
     * Destroys all dependent objects of the instance which is being destroyed, by passing each dependent object to
     * {@link javax.enterprise.context.spi.Contextual#destroy(Object, CreationalContext)} .
     */
    public void release();

}