1 /** 2 * Copyright 2006-2013 the original author or authors. 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 */ 16 package org.objenesis.instantiator; 17 18 /** 19 * Instantiates a new object. 20 * 21 * @author Leonardo Mesquita 22 */ 23 public interface ObjectInstantiator { 24 25 /** 26 * Returns a new instance of an object. The returned object's class is defined by the 27 * implementation. 28 * 29 * @return A new instance of an object. 30 */ 31 Object newInstance(); 32 33 } 34
