plastic/src/main/java/org/apache/tapestry5/plastic/PlasticManagerDelegate.java

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package org.apache.tapestry5.plastic;

/**
 * Delegate to the {@link PlasticManager} that performs the actual transformations of the class.
 * Transformations only occur on main classes, not on inner classes.
 */
public interface PlasticManagerDelegate extends PlasticClassTransformer
{
    /**
     * Configures the instantiator for a transformed PlasticClass.
     * 
     * @param className
     *            fully qualified class name that was transformed
     * @param instantiator
     *            default instantiator, which has an empty {@link InstanceContext}
     * @return the same instantiator, or a new one configured with additional {@link InstanceContext} values
     */
    <T> ClassInstantiator<T> configureInstantiator(String className, ClassInstantiator<T> instantiator);
}