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package com.alipay.sofa.runtime.api.aware;

import com.alipay.sofa.runtime.api.client. ClientFactory;

/**
 * Interface used to implemented by a Spring bean who want to get an instance of {@link ClientFactory}.  Sample usage:
 *
 * <pre>
 *
 * public class ClientFactoryBean implements ClientFactoryAware {
 *
 *     private ClientFactory clientFactory;
 *
 *     &#064;Override
 *     public void setClientFactory(ClientFactory clientFactory) {
 *         this.clientFactory = clientFactory;
 *     }
 *
 *     public ClientFactory getClientFactory() {
 *         return clientFactory;
 *     }
 * }
 * </pre>
 *
 * @author xuanbei 18/2/28
 */
public interface ClientFactoryAware {

    /**
     * Set the instance of {@link ClientFactory} to the Spring bean that implement this interface. 
     *
     * @param clientFactory ClientFactory The instance of {@link ClientFactory}
     */
    void setClientFactory(ClientFactory clientFactory);
}
