01: /*
02: * Copyright 2002-2006 the original author or authors.
03: *
04: * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
05: * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
06: * You may obtain a copy of the License at
07: *
08: * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
09: *
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:
17: package org.springframework.aop.aspectj;
18:
19: import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
20:
21: /**
22: * Interface implemented to provide an instance of an AspectJ aspect.
23: * Decouples from Spring's bean factory.
24: *
25: * <p>Extends the {@link org.springframework.core.Ordered} interface
26: * to express an order value for the underlying aspect in a chain.
27: *
28: * @author Rod Johnson
29: * @author Juergen Hoeller
30: * @since 2.0
31: * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory#getBean
32: */
33: public interface AspectInstanceFactory extends Ordered {
34:
35: /**
36: * Create an instance of this factory's aspect.
37: * @return the aspect instance (never <code>null</code>)
38: */
39: Object getAspectInstance();
40:
41: }
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