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package org.objenesis; | |
import org.objenesis.instantiator.ObjectInstantiator; | |
/** | |
* Common interface to all kind of Objenesis objects | |
* | |
* @author Henri Tremblay | |
*/ | |
public interface Objenesis { | |
/** | |
* Will create a new object without any constructor being called | |
* | |
* @param clazz Class to instantiate | |
* @return New instance of clazz | |
*/ | |
Object newInstance(Class clazz); | |
/** | |
* Will pick the best instantiator for the provided class. If you need to create a lot of | |
* instances from the same class, it is way more efficient to create them from the same | |
* ObjectInstantiator than calling {@link #newInstance(Class)}. | |
* | |
* @param clazz Class to instantiate | |
* @return Instantiator dedicated to the class | |
*/ | |
ObjectInstantiator getInstantiatorOf(Class clazz); | |
} |