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package org.apache.tapestry.ioc.services;

import org.slf4j.Logger;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * Creates a pipeline from a service inteface and an ordered list of filters. Each filter is defined
 * in terms of a filter interface: the filter interface is a variant of the service interface, where
 * each method has an additional parameter that is an instance of the service interface. Typically,
 * this service parameter (often named "delegate") is either the first or the last parameter of each
 * method.
 * 
 * The implementation of a filter method is expected to pass all of its parameters to the service
 * instance passed into it.
 * 

 * The interesting thing is that there may be multiple filters in the pipeline. A fabricated
 * "bridge" object (that implements the service interface) is created to let each filter invoke
 * methods on the next filter down the pipeline. This simplifies the model for creating pipelines,
 * as each filter is coded as if it was directly "in front of" the terminator. In fact, it may be
 * indirectly invoking methods on the next filter in the pipeline via a bridge instance.
 * 
 * The builder is fairly smart about matching up service interface methods to filter interface
 * methods, but keeping it simple is also a good idea.
 */
public interface PipelineBuilder
{
    /**
     * Creates a pipeline from the filters and a terminator.
     *
     * @param               service type
     * @param               filter type
     * @param logger           logs any warnings generated when constructing the pipeline
     * @param serviceInterface
     * @param filterInterface
     * @param filters          sorted list of filters
     * @param terminator       end of the pipeline
     * @return an object that encapsulates the filters and the terminator
     */
     S build(Logger logger, Class serviceInterface, Class filterInterface, List filters, S terminator);

    /**
     * Creates a pipeline from just the filters. A
     * {@link DefaultImplementationBuilder default implementation} is created as the terminator.
     *
     * @param 
     * @param 
     * @param logger
     * @param serviceInterface
     * @param filterInterface
     * @param filters
     * @return
     */
     S build(Logger logger, Class serviceInterface, Class filterInterface, List filters);

}