add GetFactory interface to hostcapabilities package (#12789)

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The GetFactory method is used by a few receivers in the contrib package
(e.g. receiver_creator). This PR adds a new interface to the
hostcapabilities package so it can be cast correctly from other
packages/components.

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Co-authored-by: Jade Guiton <[email protected]>

Author: rogercoll

.chloggen/document_get_factory_interface.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: 'enhancement'
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. otlpreceiver)
+component: service
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Adds the GetFactory interface to the hostcapabilities package
+
+# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
+issues: [12789]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
+
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: [api]

service/hostcapabilities/interfaces.go

@@ -26,3 +26,11 @@ type ModuleInfo interface {
 type ExposeExporters interface {
 	GetExporters() map[pipeline.Signal]map[component.ID]component.Component
 }
+
+// ComponentFactory is an interface that may be implemented by the host to
+// provide a component's factory
+type ComponentFactory interface {
+	// GetFactory returns the component factory for the given
+	// component type
+	GetFactory(kind component.Kind, componentType component.Type) component.Factory
+}

service/internal/graph/host.go

@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	_ component.Host                   = (*Host)(nil)
-	_ hostcapabilities.ModuleInfo      = (*Host)(nil)
-	_ hostcapabilities.ExposeExporters = (*Host)(nil)
+	_ component.Host                    = (*Host)(nil)
+	_ hostcapabilities.ModuleInfo       = (*Host)(nil)
+	_ hostcapabilities.ExposeExporters  = (*Host)(nil)
+	_ hostcapabilities.ComponentFactory = (*Host)(nil)
 )
 
 type Host struct {