wicket-util/src/main/java/org/apache/wicket/util/IProvider.java

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package org.apache.wicket.util;

/**
 * An object that can provide instances of type {@code T}
 * 
 * @author igor.vaynberg
 * @param <T>
 */
// TODO Wicket 8: consider to deprecate this interface in Wicket 7 and replace it with standard
// Java 8 {@code java.util.function.Supplier<T>} which is virtually identical.
public interface IProvider<T>
{
	/**
	 * Provides an instance of type {@code T}
	 * 
	 * @return instance of type {@code T}
	 */
	T get();
}