    001// Copyright 2007, 2008 The Apache Software Foundation
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    014
    015package org.apache.tapestry5.services;
    016
    017import org.apache.tapestry5.ValueEncoder;
    018
    019/**
    020 * A source for {@link ValueEncoder} instances of a given type.
    021 */
    022public interface ValueEncoderFactory<V>
    023{
    024    /**
    025     * For a given type, create an encoder.
    026     *
    027     * @param type type of object for which an encoder is needed
    028     * @return the encoder for the object
    029     */
    030    ValueEncoder<V> create(Class<V> type);
    031}