InstanceFactoryProvider.java

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package org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.java.context;

import org.apache.tuscany.sca.core.factory.ObjectFactory;
import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.java.JavaElementImpl;

/**
 * @version $Rev$ $Date$
 */
public interface InstanceFactoryProvider<T> {
    /**
     * Return the implementation class.
     *
     * @return the implementation class.
     */
    Class<T> getImplementationClass();

    /**
     * Sets an object factory for an injection site
     *
     * @param element          the injection site name
     * @param objectFactory the object factory
     */
    void setObjectFactory(JavaElementImpl element, ObjectFactory<?> objectFactory);

    /**
     * Create an instance factory that can be used to create component instances.
     *
     * @return a new instance factory
     */
    InstanceFactory<T> createFactory();
}