/**
 *  ServingXML
 *  
 *  Copyright (C) 2006  Daniel Parker
 *    daniel.parker@servingxml.com 
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 
 * 
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 
 * limitations under the License. 
 * 
 **/

package com.servingxml.ioc.resources;

import java.io.PrintStream;
import javax.xml.transform.sax.SAXTransformerFactory;
import java.util.List;

import com.servingxml.util.MutableNameTable;
import com.servingxml.util.QnameContext;

public interface IocContainer extends ResourceTable {

  /**
   * Looks up the service resource associated with the specified java interface and uri.
   *
   * @param javaInterface the java interface that the component implements.
   * @param uri the resource uri.
   *
   * @return A service resource if found, null otherwise.
   */

  Object lookupServiceComponent(Class javaInterface, String uri);

  /**
   * Looks up the configuration resource associated with the specified java interface.
   *
   * @param javaInterface the java interface that the component implements.
   *
   * @return A configuration resource if found, null otherwise.
   */

  Object lookupConfigurationComponent(Class javaInterface);

  void printDiagnostics(PrintStream os);

  MutableNameTable getNameTable();

  String[] getUris(Class javaInterface);

  void putUris(Class javaInterface, List<String> uriList);

  SAXTransformerFactory getTransformerFactory();

  QnameContext getQnameContext();
}

