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package org.glassfish.api.container;
import org.glassfish.api.deployment.Deployer;
import org.jvnet.hk2.annotations.Contract;
/**
* Contract identifying a container implementation.
*
* Usually the names of the container should be specific enough to ensure uniqueness. In most cases, it is recommended
* to use the full class name as the @Service name attribute to ensure that two containers do no collide.
*
* @author Jerome Dochez
*/
@Contract
public interface Container {
/**
* Returns the Deployer implementation capable of deploying applications to this container.
*
* @return the Deployer implementation
*/
Class extends Deployer> getDeployer();
/**
* Returns a human redeable name for this container, this name is not used for identifying the container but can be used
* to display messages belonging to the container.
*
* @return a human readable name for this container.
*/
String getName();
}