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08: *
09: * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
10: *
11: * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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16: */
17: package org.apache.commons.betwixt.io.read;
18:
19: /**
20: * Creator of beans that may delegate responsibility to members down the chain.
21: *
22: * @author Robert Burrell Donkin
23: * @since 0.5
24: */
25: public interface ChainedBeanCreator {
26:
27: /**
28: * Creates a bean either directly or by delegating the responsibility to the other
29: * members of the chain.
30: *
31: * @param elementMapping specifies the mapping between the type and element.
32: * <strong>Note</strong> it is recommended that classes do not store a permenant
33: * reference to this object since these objects may later be reused.
34: * Not null
35: * @param context the context in which this converision happens, not null
36: * @param chain not null
37: * @return the Object created, possibly null
38: */
39:
40: // TODO: is element mapping really necessary here?
41: // TODO: what about exception handling?
42: public Object create(ElementMapping elementMapping,
43: ReadContext context, BeanCreationChain chain);
44:
45: }
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