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 * Copyright 2010 JBoss Inc
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package org.jbpm.process.instance;

import java.util.List;

import org.jbpm.process.core.Context;
import org.jbpm.process.core.ContextContainer;

/**
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:kris_verlaenen@hotmail.com">Kris Verlaenen</a>
 */
public interface ContextInstanceContainer {
    
    List<ContextInstance> getContextInstances(String contextId);
    
    void addContextInstance(String contextId, ContextInstance contextInstance);
    
    void removeContextInstance(String contextId, ContextInstance contextInstance);
    
    // TODO: does it make sense to have more than one contextInstance
    // with the same contextId (e.g. multiple variable scope instances
    // sharing the same context instance container?
    ContextInstance getContextInstance(String contextId, long id);
    
    ContextInstance getContextInstance(Context context);
    
    ContextContainer getContextContainer();

}
