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1 | // Copyright 2004, 2005 The Apache Software Foundation | |
2 | // | |
3 | // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); | |
4 | // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. | |
5 | // You may obtain a copy of the License at | |
6 | // | |
7 | // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 | |
8 | // | |
9 | // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software | |
10 | // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, | |
11 | // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. | |
12 | // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and | |
13 | // limitations under the License. | |
14 | ||
15 | package org.apache.tapestry.services; | |
16 | ||
17 | /** | |
18 | * Starting with 4.0, copmonents do not always have a zero-args constructor; the enhanced subclass | |
19 | * may take some parameters used to initialize instance variables. This interface represents a | |
20 | * wrapper around a constructor and an array of parameters that can be used to stamp out new | |
21 | * instances of a component. | |
22 | * | |
23 | * @author Howard M. Lewis Ship | |
24 | * @since 4.0 | |
25 | */ | |
26 | public interface ComponentConstructor | |
27 | { | |
28 | /** | |
29 | * Requests that a new instance of the component. | |
30 | */ | |
31 | ||
32 | Object newInstance(); | |
33 | ||
34 | /** | |
35 | * Returns the class actually instantiated (which may be an enhanced subclass). | |
36 | */ | |
37 | Class getComponentClass(); | |
38 | } |