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014
015package org.apache.tapestry5.services;
016
017import org.apache.tapestry5.annotations.Environmental;
018import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.services.PropertyShadowBuilder;
019
020/**
021 * Much like {@link PropertyShadowBuilder}, except that instead of accessing a property of some other service, it
022 * accesses a value from within the {@link Environment} service. This is useful for defining a new service that can be
023 * injected into other services (whereas the {@link Environmental} annotation may only be used within component
024 * classes).
025 */
026public interface EnvironmentalShadowBuilder
027{
028    /**
029     * Returns a proxy that delegates all methods to an object obtained from {@link Environment#peekRequired(Class)}.
030     * Note that at the time this method is invoked, the Environment service may still be virtual, and will often not
031     * yet have been loaded with values, and that's OK, the resolution is deferred to the instant a method is invoked.
032     *
033     * @param <T>
034     * @param serviceType the service type, which is used to obtained the delegate instance
035     * @return a proxy to the service
036     */
037    <T> T build(Class<T> serviceType);
038}