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| * |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
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| */ |
| package org.jclouds.rest; |
| |
| import org.jclouds.Context; |
| import org.jclouds.rest.internal.ApiContextImpl; |
| |
| import com.google.inject.ImplementedBy; |
| |
| /** |
| * Represents an authenticated context to the cloud. |
| * |
| * <h2>Note</h2> Please issue {@link #close()} when you are finished with this context in order to |
| * release resources. |
| */ |
| @ImplementedBy(ApiContextImpl.class) |
| public interface ApiContext<A> extends Context { |
| |
| |
| /** |
| * low-level api to the cloud. Threadsafe implementations will return a singleton. |
| * |
| * @return a connection to the cloud where all methods block |
| */ |
| A getApi(); |
| } |