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package org.apache.tapestry5.ioc;
/**
* The source for the module instance needed by any service builders, service contributors and service decorators that
* are mapped to instance methods.
*
* Allows the creation of the module instance to be deferred until actually needed; in practical terms, when the
* builder/decorator/contributor is a <em>static</em> method on the module builder class, then a module instance is not
* needed. This allows Tapestry IOC to work around a tricky chicken-and-the-egg problem, whereby the constructor of a
* module instance requires contributions that originate in the same module.
*
* The term "module builder" has been deprecated; the current term is "module class", but this interface is left as-is
* for backwards compatibility.
*/
public interface ModuleBuilderSource
{
/**
* Returns the instantiated version of the Tapestry IoC module class.
*/
Object getModuleBuilder();
}