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package org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.internal;

import org.apache.tapestry5.commons.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();
}
