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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.    
+ */
+package org.apache.tuscany.spi.component;
+
+import org.apache.tuscany.spi.Lifecycle;
+import org.apache.tuscany.spi.event.RuntimeEventListener;
+import org.apache.tuscany.spi.model.Scope;
+
+
+/**
+ * Manages the lifecycle and visibility of instances associated with a set of {@link AtomicComponent}s.
+ *
+ * @version $Rev$ $Date$
+ * @see SCAObject
+ */
+public interface ScopeContainer extends Lifecycle, RuntimeEventListener {
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the scope value representing the scope context
+     */
+    Scope getScope();
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the work context used by the scope container
+     */
+    void setWorkContext(WorkContext workContext);
+
+    /**
+     * Registers a component with the scope component
+     */
+    void register(AtomicComponent component);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns an instance associated with the current component
+     *
+     * @throws TargetException
+     */
+    Object getInstance(AtomicComponent component) throws TargetException;
+
+}