<cfinterface hint="An interface that enables any CFC to act like a parent injector within WireBox">
​
    <---  setParent --->
    <cffunction name="setParent" output="false" access="public" returntype="void" hint="Link a parent Injector with this injector">
        <cfargument name="injector" required="true" hint="A WireBox Injector to assign as a parent to this Injector">
    </cffunction>
​
    <---  getParent --->
    <cffunction name="getParent" output="false" access="public" returntype="any" hint="Get a reference to the parent injector instance, else an empty simple string meaning nothing is set" >
    </cffunction>
​
    <---  getInstance --->
    <cffunction name="getInstance" output="false" access="public" returntype="any" hint="Locates, Creates, Injects and Configures an object model instance">
        <cfargument name="name" required="false"     hint="The mapping name or CFC instance path to try to build up"/>
        <cfargument name="dsl"    required="false"     hint="The dsl string to use to retrieve the instance model object, mutually exclusive with 'name'"/>
        <cfargument name="initArguments" required="false"     hint="The constructor structure of arguments to passthrough when initializing the instance"/>
    </cffunction>
​
    <---  containsInstance --->
    <cffunction name="containsInstance" output="false" access="public" returntype="any" hint="Checks if this injector can locate a model instance or not">
        <cfargument name="name" required="true" hint="The object name or alias to search for if this container can locate it or has knowledge of it"/>
    </cffunction>
​
    <---  shutdown --->
    <cffunction name="shutdown" output="false" access="public" returntype="void" hint="Shutdown the injector gracefully by calling the shutdown events internally.">
    </cffunction>
​
</cfinterface>

injector.setParent( myCustomInjector );