1 /** 2 * Copyright 2006-2017 the original author or authors. 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 */ 16 package org.objenesis.strategy; 17 18 import org.objenesis.instantiator.ObjectInstantiator; 19 20 /** 21 * Defines a strategy to determine the best instantiator for a class. 22 * 23 * @author Henri Tremblay 24 */ 25 public interface InstantiatorStrategy { 26 27 /** 28 * Create a dedicated instantiator for the given class 29 * 30 * @param <T> Type to instantiate 31 * @param type Class that will be instantiated 32 * @return Dedicated instantiator 33 */ newInstantiatorOf(Class<T> type)34 <T> ObjectInstantiator<T> newInstantiatorOf(Class<T> type); 35 } 36