| // Copyright 2006 The Apache Software Foundation | |
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| package org.apache.tapestry5.ioc; | |
| /** | |
| * The source for the module builder instance needed by most (but not all) service builders, service contributors and | |
| * service decorators. Allows the creation of the moduleBuilder instance to be deferred until actually needed; in | |
| * practical terms, when the builder/decorator/contributor is a <em>static</em> method on the module builder class, then | |
| * a module builder instance is not needed. This allows Tapestry IOC to work around a tricky chicken-and-the-egg | |
| * problem, whereby the constructor of a module builder instance requires contributions that originate in the same | |
| * module. | |
| */ | |
| public interface ModuleBuilderSource | |
| { | |
| Object getModuleBuilder(); | |
| } |