    001    // Copyright 2007, 2008 The Apache Software Foundation
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    014
    015    package org.apache.tapestry5.services;
    016
    017    import org.apache.tapestry5.ValueEncoder;
    018
    019    /**
    020     * A source for {@link ValueEncoder} instances of a given type.
    021     */
    022    public interface ValueEncoderFactory<V>
    023    {
    024        /**
    025         * For a given type, create an encoder.
    026         *
    027         * @param type type of object for which an encoder is needed
    028         * @return the encoder for the object
    029         */
    030        ValueEncoder<V> create(Class<V> type);
    031    }