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package org.restlet.ext.jaxrs;
/**
* <p>
* Implement this interface to instantiate JAX-RS root resource classes and
* providers yourself and register it by
* {@link JaxRsApplication#setObjectFactory(ObjectFactory)}.
* </p>
* <p>
* When using a ObjectFactory, no JAX-RS constructor dependency injection will
* be performed, but instance variable and bean setter injection will still be
* done.
* </p>
*
* @author Bruno Dumon
* @see JaxRsApplication#setObjectFactory(ObjectFactory)
* @see JaxRsRestlet#setObjectFactory(ObjectFactory)
*/
public interface ObjectFactory {
/**
* Creates an instance of the given class.<br>
* If the concrete instance could not instantiate the given class, it could
* return null. Than the constructor specified by the JAX-RS specification
* (section 4.2) is used.
*
* @param <T>
* @param jaxRsClass
* the root resource class or provider class.
* @return The created instance.
* @throws InstantiateException
*/
<T> T getInstance(Class<T> jaxRsClass) throws InstantiateException;
// LATER if a resource class is a singelton, it must be ensured, that it
// has no @*Param on fields and perhaps bean setters.
}