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package org.ehcache.core.spi.service;

import org.ehcache.CacheManager;
import org.ehcache.core.spi.store.InternalCacheManager;
import org.ehcache.spi.service.Service;

Special service that services can depend onto to be able to recover the instance of the current CacheManager /**
 * Special service that services can depend onto to be able to recover the instance of the current {@link CacheManager}
 */
public interface CacheManagerProviderService extends Service {

  
Returns the cache manager in which services live
Returns:
the cache manager/**
   * Returns the cache manager in which services live
   *
   * @return the cache manager
   */
  InternalCacheManager getCacheManager();

}