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package org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.internal;
import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.ObjectCreator;
import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.ServiceBuilderResources;
/**
* An object which can, when passed a {@link ServiceBuilderResources}, create a corresponding {@link ObjectCreator}. A
* secondary responsibility is to provide a description of the creator, which is usually based on the name of the method
* or constructor to be invoked, and is ultimately used in some debugging or error output.
*/
public interface ObjectCreatorSource
{
/**
* Provides an ObjectCreator that can be used to ultimately instantiate the core service implementation.
*/
ObjectCreator constructCreator(ServiceBuilderResources resources);
/**
* Returns a description of the method or constructor that creates the service.
*/
String getDescription();
}