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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.    
+ */
+package org.apache.tuscany.sca.context;
+
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.assembly.ComponentProperty;
+
+/**
+ * Interface implemented by the provider of the property values
+ *
+ * @version $Rev$ $Date$
+ * @tuscany.spi.extension.asclient
+ * @tuscany.spi.extension.inheritfrom
+ */
+public interface PropertyValueFactory {
+
+    /**
+     * This method will create an instance of the value for the specified Property.
+     * 
+     * @param property The Property from which to retrieve the property value
+     * @param type The type of the property value being retrieved from the Property
+     * @param <B> Type type of the property value being looked up
+     * 
+     * @return the value for the Property
+     */
+    <B> B createPropertyValue(ComponentProperty property, Class<B> type);
+}