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| |
| package org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.services; |
| |
| import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.ObjectCreator; |
| |
| /** |
| * A <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunk">thunk</a> is a delayed calculation. In Java and Tapestry terms, a |
| * Thunk is a proxy object of a particular interface that delegates all methods to an object of the same type obtained |
| * from an {@link org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.ObjectProvider}. This is used by {@link |
| * org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.services.LazyAdvisor} to build lazy thunk proxies. |
| * |
| * @since 5.1.0.1 |
| */ |
| public interface ThunkCreator |
| { |
| /** |
| * Creates a Thunk of the given proxy type. |
| * |
| * @param proxyType type of object to create (must be an interface) |
| * @param objectCreator provides an instance of the same type on demand (may be invoked multiple times) |
| * @param description to be returned from the thunk's toString() method |
| * @param <T> type of thunk |
| * @return thunk of given type |
| */ |
| <T> T createThunk(Class<T> proxyType, ObjectCreator objectCreator, String description); |
| } |