core/api/src/main/java/org/apache/zest/api/structure/ApplicationDescriptor.java

/*
 * Copyright (c) 2008, Rickard Öberg. All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * 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
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package org.apache.zest.api.structure;

import org.apache.zest.api.Qi4j;
import org.apache.zest.functional.VisitableHierarchy;

/**
 * Application Descriptor.
 */
public interface ApplicationDescriptor
    extends VisitableHierarchy<Object, Object>
{
    /**
     * Create a new instance of the Application.
     * @param runtime Zest Runtime
     * @param importedServiceInstances Imported Services instances
     * @return a new instance of the Application.
     */
    Application newInstance( Qi4j runtime, Object... importedServiceInstances );

    /**
     * @return the Application's name
     */
    String name();
}