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package com.sun.appserv.server;

import javax.naming.InitialContext;

/**
 * LifecycleEventContext interface exposes the server-wide runtime environment 
 * that is created by ApplicationServer. This context has only accessors and 
 * is a subset of ServerContext used by the server runtime. 
 */
public interface LifecycleEventContext {
    /** 
     * Get the server command-line arguments
     */
    public String[] getCmdLineArgs();

    /**
     * Get server install root
     */
    public String getInstallRoot();
    
    /**
     * Get the server instance name
     */
    public String getInstanceName();
    
    /** 
     * Get the initial naming context.
     */
    public InitialContext getInitialContext();

    /**
     * Writes the specified message to a server log file.
     *
     * @param message 	a <code>String</code> specifying the 
     *			message to be written to the log file
     */
    public void log(String message);
    
    /**
     * Writes an explanatory message and a stack trace
     * for a given <code>Throwable</code> exception
     * to the server log file.
     *
     * @param message 		a <code>String</code> that 
     *				describes the error or exception
     *
     * @param throwable 	the <code>Throwable</code> error 
     *				or exception
     */
    
    public void log(String message, Throwable throwable);
}