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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2008 Israfil Consulting Services Corporation
+ * Copyright (c) 2008 Christian Edward Gruber
+ * All Rights Reserved
+ * 
+ * This software is licensed under the Berkeley Standard Distribution license,
+ * (BSD license), as defined below:
+ * 
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+ *
+ * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this 
+ *    list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, 
+ *    this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation 
+ *    and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+ * 3. Neither the name of Israfil Consulting Services nor the names of its contributors 
+ *    may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without 
+ *    specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND 
+ * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED 
+ * WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. 
+ * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, 
+ * INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, 
+ * BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, 
+ * OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, 
+ * WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 
+ * ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY 
+ * OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ * 
+ * $Id: Copyright.java 618 2008-04-14 14:03:03Z christianedwardgruber $
+ */
+package net.israfil.foundation.container;
+
+/** 
+ * An adapter interface that's used in the "AutoWiringContainer"
+ * to allow the user to specify a component's dependencies upon registration.
+ * This is not ideal, in that it's not auto-discovered constructor-based 
+ * dependency injection, but since dynamic reflection is not available in the 
+ * J2ME CLDC 1.1 spec, an alternate and generic injection mechanism 
+ * is necessary.  Implementors of this interface should be CLDC safe.
+ * 
+ * @author <a href="mailto:cgruber@israfil.net">Christian Edward Gruber </a>
+ */
+public interface AutoWiringAdapter {
+
+	/** 
+	 * This method should return a list of keys defining the dependencies
+	 * this object requires to operate, in the order expected by the
+	 * create(Object[]) method.
+	 */
+	public Object[] dependencies();
+	
+	/** 
+	 * Returns the type that this adapter will create.  This should be the 
+	 * most concrete (narrowest) common type this adapter will create, if 
+	 * there is more than one possibility.
+	 */
+	public Class getType();
+
+	/** 
+	 * A method that implementors use to create a component given a set of 
+	 * parameters.  Callers must return the parameters in the order provided
+	 * by the dependencies() method.
+	 */
+	public Object create(Object[] parameters) throws IllegalAccessException, InstantiationException;
+
+}