Bug 411404 - Build from source for osgi.services and osgi.util bundles

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diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.osgi.services/src/org/osgi/service/component/ComponentInstance.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.osgi.services/src/org/osgi/service/component/ComponentInstance.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) OSGi Alliance (2004, 2013). All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.osgi.service.component;
+
+import org.osgi.annotation.versioning.ProviderType;
+
+/**
+ * A ComponentInstance encapsulates a component instance of an activated
+ * component configuration. ComponentInstances are created whenever a component
+ * configuration is activated.
+ * 
+ * <p>
+ * ComponentInstances are never reused. A new ComponentInstance object will be
+ * created when the component configuration is activated again.
+ * 
+ * @ThreadSafe
+ * @author $Id$
+ */
+@ProviderType
+public interface ComponentInstance {
+	/**
+	 * Dispose of the component configuration for this component instance. The
+	 * component configuration will be deactivated. If the component
+	 * configuration has already been deactivated, this method does nothing.
+	 */
+	public void dispose();
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the component instance of the activated component configuration.
+	 * 
+	 * @return The component instance or {@code null} if the component
+	 *         configuration has been deactivated.
+	 */
+	public Object getInstance();
+}