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Scripting APIs, on top of JSR-223

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package org.xwiki.script.service;

import org.xwiki.component.annotation.Role;

/**
 * Provides access to {@link ScriptService} implementation at runtime. Implementations of this interface are supposed to
 * be bound to the Script Context so that they can be access from scripts.
 *
 * @version $Id: 2139e5c7d4d7d6fe0932e2f999c65bc00479937d $
 * @since 2.3M1
 */
@Role
public interface ScriptServiceManager
{
    /**
     * Note that we're voluntarily using an API name of "get" to make it extra easy to access Script Services from
     * Velocity (since in Velocity writing $services.name is equivalent to writing
     * $services.get("name")). It also makes it a short and easy API name for other scripting languages.
     *
     * @param serviceName the name of the service to look for
     * @return the service asked or null if none could be found
     */
    ScriptService get(String serviceName);
}