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1   /***************************************************************************************
2    * Copyright (c) Jonas BonŽr, Alexandre Vasseur. All rights reserved.                 *
3    * http://aspectwerkz.codehaus.org                                                    *
4    * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *
5    * The software in this package is published under the terms of the LGPL license      *
6    * a copy of which has been included with this distribution in the license.txt file.  *
7    **************************************************************************************/
8   package org.codehaus.aspectwerkz.aspect;
9   
10  /***
11   * Interface for that all mixin factories must implement.
12   *
13   * @author <a href="mailto:jboner@codehaus.org">Jonas BonŽr </a>
14   */
15  public interface MixinFactory {
16  
17      /***
18       * Creates a new perJVM mixin instance, if it already exists then return it.
19       *
20       * @return the mixin instance
21       */
22      Object mixinOf();
23  
24      /***
25       * Creates a new perClass mixin instance, if it already exists then return it.
26       *
27       * @param klass
28       * @return the mixin instance
29       */
30      Object mixinOf(Class klass);
31  
32      /***
33       * Creates a new perInstance mixin instance, if it already exists then return it.
34       *
35       * @param instance
36       * @return the mixin instance
37       */
38      Object mixinOf(Object instance);
39  }