ComponentRef (Infinispan Core 11.0.18.Final API)

```
public interface ComponentRef<T>
```
Reference to a component. TODO Dan: Investigate locking the component so that dependencies cannot stop while used through a weak dependency. Not sure how useful it would be, since most references to components are in classes that are not registered components themselves.

Since:

9.4

Author:

Dan Berindei

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getName()`
`boolean`	`isAlias()`
`boolean`	`isRunning()`
`boolean`	`isWired()`
`T`	`running()`
`T`	`wired()`

- Method Detail
  - running
```
T running()
```
    Returns:
    
    the running component instance
    
    Throws:
    
    org.infinispan.commons.IllegalLifecycleStateException - if the component is not running
  - wired
```
T wired()
```
    Returns:
    
    the wired component instance, which may or may not be running.
  - isRunning
```
boolean isRunning()
```
    Returns:
    
    true if all of the component's start methods have run and none of its stop methods started running
  - isWired
```
boolean isWired()
```
  - isAlias
```
boolean isAlias()
```
  - getName
```
String getName()
```