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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 java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.tuscany.spi.Lifecycle;
+import org.apache.tuscany.spi.event.EventPublisher;
+import org.apache.tuscany.spi.model.Scope;
+
+/**
+ * Represents the base SCA artifact type in an assembly
+ *
+ * @version $Rev$ $Date$
+ */
+public interface SCAObject extends EventPublisher, Lifecycle {
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the artifact name
+     */
+    String getName();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the parent composite, or null if the artifact does not have one
+     */
+    CompositeComponent getParent();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the artifact scope
+     */
+    Scope getScope();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns an instance associated with the default service
+     *
+     * @throws TargetException if an error occurs retrieving the instance
+     */
+    Object getServiceInstance() throws TargetException;
+
+    /**
+     * Called to signal that the composite should perform and required steps prior to registration with its parent such
+     * as wiring of its children
+     */
+    void prepare();
+
+    /**
+     * The extensions map contains other runtime context such as type systems for various databindings
+     *
+     * @return A live map of extended context
+     */
+    Map<Object, Object> getExtensions();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns true if the artifact is a system artifact
+     *
+     * @return true if the artifact is a system artifact
+     */
+    boolean isSystem();
+
+}