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017
018package org.apache.commons.daemon;
019
020/**
021 * Defines a set of methods that a Daemon instance can use to
022 * communicate with the Daemon container.
023 */
024public interface DaemonContext
025{
026
027    /**
028     * Gets a {@link DaemonController} object that can be used to control
029     *          the {@link Daemon} instance that this {@code DaemonContext}
030     *          is passed to.
031     *
032     * @return  A {@link DaemonController} object that can be used to control
033     *          the {@link Daemon}.
034     */
035    DaemonController getController();
036
037    /**
038     * Gets an array of {@link String} arguments supplied by the environment
039     *         corresponding to the array of arguments given in the
040     *         {@code public static void main()} method used as an entry
041     *         point to most other Java programs.
042     *
043     * @return An array of {@link String} arguments supplied by the environment.
044     */
045    String[] getArguments();
046
047}
048