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package org.exoplatform.services.rest;

/**
 * Implementation of this interface should be able provide object instance
 * dependent of component lifecycle.
 * 
 * @param <T> ObjectModel extensions
 * @see ObjectModel
 * @author <a href="mailto:andrew00x@gmail.com">Andrey Parfonov</a>
 * @version $Id: $
 */
public interface ObjectFactory<T extends ObjectModel>
{

   /**
    * Create object instance. ApplicationContext can be used for getting required
    * parameters for object constructors or fields.
    * 
    * @param context ApplicationContext
    * @return object instance
    */
   Object getInstance(ApplicationContext context);

   /**
    * @return any extension of {@link ObjectModel}. That must allows create
    *         object instance and initialize object's fields for per-request
    *         resources
    */
   T getObjectModel();

}
