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    012
    013package org.apache.tapestry5.services;
    014
    015import org.apache.tapestry5.Binding;
    016import org.apache.tapestry5.ComponentResources;
    017import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.Location;
    018
    019/**
    020 * Creates a binding of a particular type.  This is usually invoked from the {@link
    021 * org.apache.tapestry5.services.BindingSource} service.
    022 */
    023public interface BindingFactory
    024{
    025    /**
    026     * Creates a new binding instance.
    027     *
    028     * The binding represents a connection between the container and the component (the component is usually the child
    029     * of the component, though in a few cases, it is the component itself). In most cases, the expression is evaluated
    030     * in terms of the resources of the <em>container</em> and the component is ignored.
    031     *
    032     * @param description of the binding, such as, "parameter foo"
    033     * @param container   the component, as represented by its resources, for which a binding is to be created.
    034     * @param component   the component whose parameter is to be bound by the resulting binding (rarely used)
    035     * @param expression
    036     * @param location    from which the binding was generate, or null if not known
    037     * @return the new binding instance
    038     */
    039    Binding newBinding(String description, ComponentResources container, ComponentResources component,
    040                       String expression, Location location);
    041}