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package org.springframework.core.env;
/**
* Interface indicating a component that contains and exposes an {@link Environment} reference.
*
* All Spring application contexts are EnvironmentCapable, and the interface is used primarily
* for performing {@code instanceof} checks in framework methods that accept BeanFactory
* instances that may or may not actually be ApplicationContext instances in order to interact
* with the environment if indeed it is available.
*
*
As mentioned, {@link org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext ApplicationContext}
* extends EnvironmentCapable, and thus exposes a {@link #getEnvironment()} method; however,
* {@link org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext ConfigurableApplicationContext}
* redefines {@link org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext#getEnvironment
* getEnvironment()} and narrows the signature to return a {@link ConfigurableEnvironment}.
* The effect is that an Environment object is 'read-only' until it is being accessed from
* a ConfigurableApplicationContext, at which point it too may be configured.
*
* @author Chris Beams
* @since 3.1
* @see Environment
* @see ConfigurableEnvironment
* @see org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext#getEnvironment()
*/
public interface EnvironmentCapable {
/**
* Return the {@link Environment} associated with this component.
*/
Environment getEnvironment();
}