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package org.jclouds.rest;
import org.jclouds.Context;
import org.jclouds.rest.internal.RestContextImpl;
import com.google.inject.ImplementedBy;
/**
* Represents an authenticated context to the cloud.
*
* <h2>Note</h2> Please issue {@link #close()} when you are finished with this context in order to
* release resources.
*
*
* @author Adrian Cole
*
* @deprecated please use {@link org.jclouds.ContextBuilder#buildApi()} as
* async interface will be removed in jclouds 1.7.
*/
@Deprecated
@ImplementedBy(RestContextImpl.class)
public interface RestContext<S, A> extends Context {
/**
* low-level api to the cloud. Threadsafe implementations will return a singleton.
*
* @return a connection to the cloud where all methods return {@link Future}s
* @deprecated please use {@link org.jclouds.ContextBuilder#buildApi()} as
* async interface will be removed in jclouds 1.7.
*/
@Deprecated
A getAsyncApi();
/**
* reflects a tuned connection to the cloud which calls {@link #getAsyncApi()} with predetermined
* timeouts.
*
* @return a connection to the cloud where all methods block
*/
S getApi();
}