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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();
}