/**
 *
 *  Copyright 2005 The Apache Software Foundation or its licensors, as applicable.
 *
 *  Licensed 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
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 */
package org.apache.tuscany.core.builder;

import org.apache.tuscany.core.injection.ObjectCreationException;

/**
 * Implementations create new instances of a particular type
 *
 * @version $Rev$ $Date$
 */
public interface ObjectFactory<T> {

    /**
     * Return a instance of the type that this factory creates.
     *
     * @return a instance from this factory
     */
    T getInstance() throws ObjectCreationException;

}