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014
015package org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.internal;
016
017import org.apache.tapestry5.commons.ObjectCreator;
018import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.ServiceBuilderResources;
019
020/**
021 * An object which can, when passed a {@link ServiceBuilderResources}, create a corresponding {@link ObjectCreator}. A
022 * secondary responsibility is to provide a description of the creator, which is usually based on the name of the method
023 * or constructor to be invoked, and is ultimately used in some debugging or error output.
024 */
025public interface ObjectCreatorSource
026{
027    /**
028     * Provides an ObjectCreator that can be used to ultimately instantiate the core service implementation.
029     */
030    ObjectCreator constructCreator(ServiceBuilderResources resources);
031
032    /**
033     * Returns a description of the method or constructor that creates the service.
034     */
035    String getDescription();
036}