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* ome.formats.enums.InstanceProvider
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package ome.formats.model;
import omero.model.IObject;
/**
* An instance provider, whose job is to make OMERO Blitz classes available
* to a consumer based on a set of criteria. Fundamentally, concrete
* implementations are designed to isolate consumers from the semantics of
* OMERO Blitz model object instantiation.
*
* @author Chris Allan <callan at blackcat dot ca>
*
*/
public interface InstanceProvider {
/**
* Retrieves an instance.
* @param klass Instance's base class from <code>omero.model</code>.
* @return Concrete instance of <code>klass</code>.
* @throws ModelException If there is an error retrieving the instance.
*/
<T extends IObject> T getInstance(Class<T> klass) throws ModelException;
}