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namespace Apache.Avalon.Framework
{
	using System;
	/// <summary>
	/// A Serviceable is a class that need to connect to software components
	/// or obtain other context information using a name, thus not depending
	/// on particular implementations but on behavioral interfaces. The
	/// contract surrounding a ILookupEnabled is that it is a user. The
	/// ILookupEnabled is able to use Objects managed by the ILookupManager
	/// it was initialized with. As part of the contract with the system, the
	/// instantiating entity (container) must call the enableLookups method
	/// before the ILookupEnabled can be considered valid.
	/// </summary>
	public interface ILookupEnabled
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// Pass the ILookupManager to the ILookupEnabled. The ILookupEnabled
		/// implementation should use the specified ILookupManager to acquire
		/// the components it needs for execution.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="manager">The lookup manager</param>
		/// <exception cref="LookupException">If a required object could not be found.</exception>
		void EnableLookups( ILookupManager manager );
	}
}