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| package org.apache.samza.context; |
| |
| /** |
| * An {@link ExternalContext} can be used to pass components created and managed outside of Samza into a Samza |
| * application. This will be made accessible through the {@link Context}. |
| * <p> |
| * This is passed to {@link org.apache.samza.runtime.ApplicationRunner#run(ExternalContext)} and propagated down to the |
| * {@link Context} object provided to tasks. |
| * <p> |
| * {@link ExternalContext} can be used to inject objects that need to be created by other frameworks, such as Spring. |
| * <p> |
| * This is currently just a marker interface for the object passed into Samza. |
| */ |
| public interface ExternalContext { |
| } |