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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();
}