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package org.jooq;

import org.jooq.impl.DefaultVisitListenerProvider;

/**
 * A provider for {@link VisitListener} instances.
 * <p>
 * In order to facilitate the lifecycle management of <code>VisitListener</code>
 * instances that are provided to a jOOQ {@link Configuration}, clients can
 * implement this API. To jOOQ, it is thus irrelevant, if execute listeners are
 * stateful or stateless, local to a single record or record manipulation, or
 * global to an application.
 *
 * @author Lukas Eder
 * @see VisitListener
 * @see Configuration
 */

@FunctionalInterface

public interface VisitListenerProvider {

    /**
     * Provide a <code>VisitListener</code> instance.
     * <p>
     * Implementations are free to choose whether this method returns new
     * instances at every call or whether the same instance is returned
     * repetitively.
     * <p>
     * A <code>VisitListener</code> shall be provided exactly once per
     * <code>Context</code> traversal, i.e. per <code>RenderContext</code> or
     * <code>BindContext</code>.
     *
     * @return A <code>VisitListener</code> instance.
     * @see VisitListener
     * @see VisitContext
     * @see DefaultVisitListenerProvider
     */
    VisitListener provide();
}