////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// checkstyle: Checks Java source code for adherence to a set of rules.
// Copyright (C) 2001-2012  Oliver Burn
//
// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
// License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
// version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
//
// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
// Lesser General Public License for more details.
//
// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
// License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api;


/**
 * A Component that needs context information from it's container to work.
 * The container will create a Context object and pass it to this
 * Contextualizable. Contextualization will occur before configuration. The
 * general idea of Context/Contextualizable was taken from <a target="_top"
 * href="http://jakarta.apache.org/avalon/">Jakarta's Avalon framework</a>.
 * @author lkuehne
 */
public interface Contextualizable
{
    /**
     * Sets the context for this Component.
     * @param aContext the context.
     * @throws CheckstyleException if there is a contextualization error.
     */
    void contextualize(Context aContext) throws CheckstyleException;
}
