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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}