    001    // Copyright 2007 The Apache Software Foundation
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    014
    015    package org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.internal;
    016
    017    import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.ObjectCreator;
    018    import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.ServiceBuilderResources;
    019
    020    /**
    021     * An object which can, when passed a {@link ServiceBuilderResources}, create a corresponding {@link ObjectCreator}. A
    022     * secondary responsibility is to provide a description of the creator, which is usually based on the name of the method
    023     * or constructor to be invoked, and is ultimately used in some debugging or error output.
    024     */
    025    public interface ObjectCreatorSource
    026    {
    027        /**
    028         * Provides an ObjectCreator that can be used to ultimately instantiate the core service implementation.
    029         */
    030        ObjectCreator constructCreator(ServiceBuilderResources resources);
    031
    032        /**
    033         * Returns a description of the method or constructor that creates the service.
    034         */
    035        String getDescription();
    036    }