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package org.apache.brooklyn.api.entity;

import org.apache.brooklyn.api.mgmt.ManagementContext;


/**
 * An application is the root of the entity hierarchy. In the parent-child relationship, it is
 * the top-level entity under which the application's entities are all places.
 * 
 * The recommended ways to write a new application are to either extend {@link org.apache.brooklyn.entity.factory.ApplicationBuilder} 
 * or to extend {@link org.apache.brooklyn.core.entity.AbstractApplication}.
 */
public interface Application extends Entity {
    
    ManagementContext getManagementContext();
}