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25
26package com.sun.xml.internal.ws.api.server;
27
28import com.sun.istack.internal.NotNull;
29import com.sun.istack.internal.Nullable;
30import com.sun.xml.internal.ws.api.Component;
31
32/**
33 * Interface that allows components around {@link WSEndpoint} to hook up
34 * with each other.
35 *
36 * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
37 * @since 2.1.2
38 * @see WSEndpoint#getComponentRegistry()
39 * @deprecated replaced by {@link Component}
40 */
41public interface EndpointComponent {
42    /**
43     * Gets the specified SPI.
44     *
45     * <p>
46     * This method works as a kind of directory service
47     * for SPIs, allowing various components to define private contract
48     * and talk to each other.
49     *
50     * @return
51     *      null if such an SPI is not provided by this object.
52     */
53    @Nullable <T> T getSPI(@NotNull Class<T> spiType);
54}
55