Add first bits of code to start enabling the use of policies nested inside of WS Policy and policy alternatives rather than having to sit at the top level. Based on this the next step is to understand how tuscany defined and non-tuscany defined policies are managed.

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+package org.apache.tuscany.sca.policy;
+
+/**
+ * Base interface for policy models. Mainly allows policies to hold 
+ * other policies
+ *
+ * @version $Rev$ $Date$
+ */
+public interface PolicyContainer {
+    /**
+     * For complex policy models, such as ws-policy, 
+     * a policy provider may only match against one of a 
+     * number of child policy models
+     * 
+     * @return the matching child policy object or null
+     */
+    <T> Object getChildPolicy(Class<T> policyType);
+}