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014
015package org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.services;
016
017/**
018 * Creates default implementations of a class.
019 *
020 */
021public interface DefaultImplementationBuilder
022{
023    /**
024     * Creates a new implementation of the provided interface. Each method in the interface will be implemented as a
025     * noop method. The method will ignore any parameters and return null, or 0, or false (or return nothing if the
026     * method is void).
027     *
028     * @param <S>
029     * @param serviceInterface
030     * @return implementation of service interface
031     */
032    <S> S createDefaultImplementation(Class<S> serviceInterface);
033}