/*
* Copyright 2012 <a href="mailto:lincolnbaxter@gmail.com">Lincoln Baxter, III</a>
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/
package org.ocpsoft.rewrite.spi;
import org.ocpsoft.common.pattern.Weighted;
import org.ocpsoft.rewrite.util.Instances;
/**
* Responsible for performing object instance lookups. See {@link Instances#lookup(Class)} for convenient access to this
* API.
*
* @author <a href="mailto:lincolnbaxter@gmail.com">Lincoln Baxter, III</a>
*
*/
public interface InstanceProvider extends Weighted
{
/**
* Get an instance of the given {@link Class} type. Return null if no instance could be retrieved.
*/
Object getInstance(Class<?> type);
}