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* Copyright (c) 2013,
* Tobias Blaschke <code@tobiasblaschke.de>
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package com.ibm.wala.util.ssa;
import com.ibm.wala.types.TypeReference;
/**
* Used for CallBacks to create an Instance.
*
* When methods in this package detect, that they have to generate a new instance
* of a type this CallBack will be used.
*
* This mainly applies to the connectThrough-Function.
*
* @author Tobias Blaschke <code@tobiasblaschke.de>
*/
public interface IInstantiator {
/**
* Create an instance of type.
*
* The varArgs argument gets passed through from functions like connectThrough
* (which have varArgs as well) to the instantiatior.
*
* @param type Type to generate an instance from
* @param instantiatorArgs passed through utility functions
* @return SSA-Number of the instance
*/
public int createInstance(TypeReference type, Object... instantiatorArgs);
}