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package org.springframework.objenesis;
import org.springframework.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 Type instantiated
* @param clazz Class to instantiate
* @return New instance of clazz
*/
T 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 Type to instantiate
* @param clazz Class to instantiate
* @return Instantiator dedicated to the class
*/
ObjectInstantiator getInstantiatorOf(Class clazz);
}