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    1   /***************************************************************************************
    2    * Copyright (c) Jonas BonŽr, Alexandre Vasseur. All rights reserved.                 *
    3    * http://aspectwerkz.codehaus.org                                                    *
    4    * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *
    5    * The software in this package is published under the terms of the LGPL license      *
    6    * a copy of which has been included with this distribution in the license.txt file.  *
    7    **************************************************************************************/
    8   package org.codehaus.aspectwerkz.aspect;
    9
    10
    11  import org.codehaus.aspectwerkz.AspectContext;
    12
    13  /***
    14   * Interface for that all aspect container implementations must implement.
    15   *
    16   * @author <a href="mailto:jboner@codehaus.org">Jonas BonŽr </a>
    17   */
    18  public interface AspectContainer {
    19
    20      /***
    21       * Creates a new perJVM cross-cutting instance, if it already exists then return it.
    22       *
    23       * @return the cross-cutting instance
    24       */
    25      Object aspectOf();
    26
    27      /***
    28       * Creates a new perClass cross-cutting instance, if it already exists then return it.
    29       *
    30       * @param klass
    31       * @return the cross-cutting instance
    32       */
    33      Object aspectOf(Class klass);
    34
    35      /***
    36       * Creates a new perInstance cross-cutting instance, if it already exists then return it.
    37       *
    38       * @param instance
    39       * @return the cross-cutting instance
    40       */
    41      Object aspectOf(Object instance);
    42
    43      /***
    44       * Creates a new perThread cross-cutting instance, if it already exists then return it.
    45       *
    46       * @param thread the thread for the aspect
    47       * @return the cross-cutting instance
    48       */
    49      Object aspectOf(Thread thread);
    50
    51      /***
    52       * Returns the context.
    53       *
    54       * @return the context
    55       */
    56      AspectContext getContext();
    57  }