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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}