001    /*
002     * Copyright 2005 Stephen J. McConnell.
003     *
004     * Licensed  under the  Apache License,  Version 2.0  (the "License");
005     * you may not use  this file  except in  compliance with the License.
006     * You may obtain a copy of the License at
007     *
008     *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
009     *
010     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011     * distributed  under the  License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
012     * WITHOUT  WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS  OF ANY KIND, either  express  or
013     * implied.
014     *
015     * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
016     * limitations under the License.
017     */
018    
019    package net.dpml.metro;
020    
021    import java.rmi.RemoteException;
022    
023    import net.dpml.component.Controller;
024    
025    /**
026     * The ComponentContext interface may be referenced by a component 
027     * context inner interface to expose container related services to 
028     * a component implementation.
029     *
030     * @author <a href="http://www.dpml.net">Digital Product Meta Library</a>
031     * @version 1.2.0
032     */
033    public interface ComponentContext
034    {
035       /**
036        * Return the current controller.
037        * @return the root system controller
038        * @exception RemoteException if a remote I/O error occurs
039        */
040        Controller getController() throws RemoteException;
041    }
042