    001// Copyright 2007 The Apache Software Foundation
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    014
    015package org.apache.tapestry5.services;
    016
    017/**
    018 * Used by {@link ApplicationStateManager} and {@link ApplicationStatePersistenceStrategy} to create an application
    019 * state object on demand.
    020 *
    021 * @param <T>
    022 */
    023public interface ApplicationStateCreator<T>
    024{
    025    /**
    026     * Create a new instance of an application state object.
    027     */
    028    T create();
    029}