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022    package org.jboss.dna.graph.connectors;
023    
024    import org.jboss.dna.graph.ExecutionContextFactory;
025    
026    /**
027     * The context for a repository. This interface need not be implemented by a {@link RepositorySource}, as it is normally provided
028     * to the source when {@link RepositorySource#initialize(RepositoryContext) initialized}.
029     * 
030     * @author Randall Hauch
031     */
032    public interface RepositoryContext {
033    
034        /**
035         * Get the factory that can be used to create execution contexts.
036         * 
037         * @return the execution context factory
038         */
039        ExecutionContextFactory getExecutionContextFactory();
040    
041        /**
042         * Get the factory for {@link RepositoryConnection connections} to other sources.
043         * 
044         * @return the connection factory
045         */
046        RepositoryConnectionFactory getRepositoryConnectionFactory();
047    
048    }