DefaultImplementationBuilder.java

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package org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.services;

/**
 * Creates default implementations of a class.
 *
 */
public interface DefaultImplementationBuilder
{
    /**
     * Creates a new implementation of the provided interface. Each method in the interface will be implemented as a
     * noop method. The method will ignore any parameters and return null, or 0, or false (or return nothing if the
     * method is void).
     *
     * @param <S>
     * @param serviceInterface
     * @return implementation of service interface
     */
    <S> S createDefaultImplementation(Class<S> serviceInterface);
}