DeferredMarshallerCreationCallback.java

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package org.jboss.errai.marshalling.client.api;

/**
 * A callback to lazily create marshaller instances at runtime.
 * 
 * @author Christian Sadilek <csadilek@redhat.com>
 */
public interface DeferredMarshallerCreationCallback<T> {

  /**
   * Create a marshaller for the provided type.
   * 
   * @param type
   *          the type to create a marshaller for.
   * 
   * @return the marshaller instance, never null.
   */
  public Marshaller<T> create(Class<T> type);

}