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package org.apache.catalina;

/**
 * <p>
 * Decoupling interface which specifies that an implementing class is associated with at most one
 * <strong>Container</strong> instance.
 * </p>
 *
 * @author Craig R. McClanahan
 * @author Peter Donald
 */
public interface Contained {

    /**
     * Get the {@link Container} with which this instance is associated.
     *
     * @return The Container with which this instance is associated or <code>null</code> if not associated with a
     *             Container
     */
    Container getContainer();


    /**
     * Set the <code>Container</code> with which this instance is associated.
     *
     * @param container The Container instance with which this instance is to be associated, or <code>null</code> to
     *                      disassociate this instance from any Container
     */
    void setContainer(Container container);
}