package org.drools.process.instance;



import java.util.List;



import org.drools.process.core.Context;

import org.drools.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);

    

    // 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();



}