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package org.apache.juneau;

/**
 * Class used to resolve {@link Class} objects to instances.
 */
public interface ResourceResolver {

	/**
	 * Look for constructors where the arguments passed in must match exactly.
	 */
	public static final ResourceResolver BASIC = new BasicResourceResolver();

	/**
	 * Look for constructors where arguments may or may not exist in any order.
	 */
	public static final ResourceResolver FUZZY = new FuzzyResourceResolver();

	/**
	 * Resolves the specified class to a resource object.
	 *
	 * <p>
	 * Subclasses can override this method to provide their own custom resolution.
	 *
	 * <p>
	 * The default implementation simply creates a new class instance using {@link Class#newInstance()}.
	 *
	 * @param parent
	 * 	The parent resource.
	 * @param c The class to resolve.
	 * @param args Optional arguments to pass to constructor
	 * @return The instance of that class.
	 */
	<T> T resolve(Object parent, Class<T> c, Object...args);
}