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 */
16package org.objenesis.instantiator;
17
18/**
19 * Instantiates a new object.
20 *
21 * @author Leonardo Mesquita
22 */
23public 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