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package org.fabric3.fabric.domain.instantiator;

import org.fabric3.api.model.type.component.Component;
import org.fabric3.spi.model.instance.LogicalComponent;
import org.fabric3.spi.model.instance.LogicalCompositeComponent;

/**
 * Instantiates a logical component from a component definition.
 */
public interface AtomicComponentInstantiator {

    /**
     * Instantiates a logical component and any children from a component definition in the given parent context. Note the parent is updated with the
     * instantiated component.
     *
     * @param component the component definition to instantiate from @return the instantiated logical component
     * @param parent     the parent logical component
     * @param context    the instantiation context
     * @return an instantiated logical component
     */
    LogicalComponent instantiate(Component component, LogicalCompositeComponent parent, InstantiationContext context);

}