diff --git a/dependencymanager/core/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/dm/management/ServiceComponent.java b/dependencymanager/core/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/dm/management/ServiceComponent.java
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.apache.felix.dependencymanager.management;
+
+/**
+ * Describes a service component. Service components form descriptions of services
+ * that are managed by the dependency manager. They can be used to query their state
+ * for monitoring tools. The dependency manager shell command is an example of
+ * such a tool.
+ * 
+ * @author <a href="mailto:dev@felix.apache.org">Felix Project Team</a>
+ */
+public interface ServiceComponent {
+    /** Names for the states of this component. */
+    public static final String[] STATE_NAMES = { "unregistered", "registered" };
+    /** State constant for an unregistered component. */
+    public static final int STATE_UNREGISTERED = 0;
+    /** State constant for a registered component. */
+    public static final int STATE_REGISTERED = 1;
+    /** Returns a list of dependencies associated with this service component. */
+    public ServiceComponentDependency[] getComponentDependencies();
+    /** Returns the name of this service component. */
+    public String getName();
+    /** Returns the state of this service component. */
+    public int getState();
+}
diff --git a/dependencymanager/core/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/dependencymanager/management/ServiceComponentDependency.java b/dependencymanager/core/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/dm/management/ServiceComponentDependency.java
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rename from dependencymanager/core/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/dependencymanager/management/ServiceComponentDependency.java
rename to dependencymanager/core/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/dm/management/ServiceComponentDependency.java