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package org.apache.tapestry.ioc.services;

import org.apache.tapestry.ioc.ServiceLifecycle;

/**
 * Provides access to user defined lifecycles (beyond the two built-in lifecycles: "singleton" and
 * "primitive"). The user defined lifecycles are contributed into the service's configuration.
 */
public interface ServiceLifecycleSource
{
    /**
     * Used to locate a configuration lifecycle, by name.
     *
     * @param lifecycleName
     * @return the named lifecycle, or null if the name is not found
     */
    ServiceLifecycle get(String lifecycleName);
}