001 package org.apache.fulcrum.spring;
002
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021
022 import org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext;
023
024 /**
025 * Starts an instance of the Spring Service Framework as Avalon service.
026 *
027 * @author <a href="mailto:siegfried.goeschl@it20one.at">Siegfried Goeschl</a>
028 */
029
030 public interface SpringFrameworkService
031 {
032 /**
033 * @return the underlying Spring container
034 */
035 AbstractApplicationContext getAbstractApplicationContext();
036 }