    001// Copyright 2007 The Apache Software Foundation
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    014
    015package org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.internal;
    016
    017import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.ObjectCreator;
    018import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.ServiceBuilderResources;
    019
    020/**
    021 * An object which can, when passed a {@link ServiceBuilderResources}, create a corresponding {@link ObjectCreator}. A
    022 * secondary responsibility is to provide a description of the creator, which is usually based on the name of the method
    023 * or constructor to be invoked, and is ultimately used in some debugging or error output.
    024 */
    025public interface ObjectCreatorSource
    026{
    027    /**
    028     * Provides an ObjectCreator that can be used to ultimately instantiate the core service implementation.
    029     */
    030    ObjectCreator constructCreator(ServiceBuilderResources resources);
    031
    032    /**
    033     * Returns a description of the method or constructor that creates the service.
    034     */
    035    String getDescription();
    036}