| // Copyright 2007 The Apache Software Foundation |
| // |
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| |
| package org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.internal; |
| |
| import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.ObjectCreator; |
| import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.ServiceBuilderResources; |
| |
| /** |
| * An object which can, when passed a {@link ServiceBuilderResources}, create a corresponding {@link ObjectCreator}. A |
| * secondary responsibility is to provide a description of the creator, which is usually based on the name of the method |
| * or constructor to be invoked, and is ultimately used in some debugging or error output. |
| */ |
| public interface ObjectCreatorSource |
| { |
| /** |
| * Provides an ObjectCreator that can be used to ultimately instantiate the core service implementation. |
| */ |
| ObjectCreator constructCreator(ServiceBuilderResources resources); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns a description of the method or constructor that creates the service. |
| */ |
| String getDescription(); |
| } |