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+<?php
+/**
+ * @author Bernhard Posselt <dev@bernhard-posselt.com>
+ * @author Joas Schilling <nickvergessen@owncloud.com>
+ * @author Morris Jobke <hey@morrisjobke.de>
+ * @author Thomas Müller <thomas.mueller@tmit.eu>
+ *
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2016, ownCloud, Inc.
+ * @license AGPL-3.0
+ *
+ * This code is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3,
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program 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 Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3,
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
+ *
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Public interface of ownCloud for apps to use.
+ * Container interface
+ *
+ */
+
+// use OCP namespace for all classes that are considered public.
+// This means that they should be used by apps instead of the internal ownCloud classes
+namespace OCP;
+
+use Closure;
+use OCP\AppFramework\QueryException;
+
+
+/**
+ * Class IContainer
+ *
+ * IContainer is the basic interface to be used for any internal dependency injection mechanism
+ *
+ * @package OCP
+ * @since 6.0.0
+ */
+interface IContainer {
+
+ /**
+ * If a parameter is not registered in the container try to instantiate it
+ * by using reflection to find out how to build the class
+ * @param string $name the class name to resolve
+ * @return \stdClass
+ * @since 8.2.0
+ * @throws QueryException if the class could not be found or instantiated
+ */
+ public function resolve($name);
+
+ /**
+ * Look up a service for a given name in the container.
+ *
+ * @param string $name
+ * @return mixed
+ * @since 6.0.0
+ */
+ public function query($name);
+
+ /**
+ * A value is stored in the container with it's corresponding name
+ *
+ * @param string $name
+ * @param mixed $value
+ * @return void
+ * @since 6.0.0
+ */
+ public function registerParameter($name, $value);
+
+ /**
+ * A service is registered in the container where a closure is passed in which will actually
+ * create the service on demand.
+ * In case the parameter $shared is set to true (the default usage) the once created service will remain in
+ * memory and be reused on subsequent calls.
+ * In case the parameter is false the service will be recreated on every call.
+ *
+ * @param string $name
+ * @param \Closure $closure
+ * @param bool $shared
+ * @return void
+ * @since 6.0.0
+ */
+ public function registerService($name, Closure $closure, $shared = true);
+
+ /**
+ * Shortcut for returning a service from a service under a different key,
+ * e.g. to tell the container to return a class when queried for an
+ * interface
+ * @param string $alias the alias that should be registered
+ * @param string $target the target that should be resolved instead
+ * @since 8.2.0
+ */
+ public function registerAlias($alias, $target);
+}