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-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2008 Google Inc.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package com.google.gson;
-
-import java.lang.reflect.Type;
-
-/**
- * This interface is implemented to create instances of a class that does not define a no-args
- * constructor. If you can modify the class, you should instead add a private, or public
- * no-args constructor. However, that is not possible for library classes, such as JDK classes, or
- * a third-party library that you do not have source-code of. In such cases, you should define an
- * instance creator for the class. Implementations of this interface should be registered with
- * {@link GsonBuilder#registerTypeAdapter(Type, Object)} method before Gson will be able to use
- * them.
- * <p>Let us look at an example where defining an InstanceCreator might be useful. The
- * {@code Id} class defined below does not have a default no-args constructor.</p>
- *
- * <pre>
- * public class Id&lt;T&gt; {
- *   private final Class&lt;T&gt; clazz;
- *   private final long value;
- *   public Id(Class&lt;T&gt; clazz, long value) {
- *     this.clazz = clazz;
- *     this.value = value;
- *   }
- * }
- * </pre>
- *
- * <p>If Gson encounters an object of type {@code Id} during deserialization, it will throw an
- * exception. The easiest way to solve this problem will be to add a (public or private) no-args
- * constructor as follows:</p>
- *
- * <pre>
- * private Id() {
- *   this(Object.class, 0L);
- * }
- * </pre>
- *
- * <p>However, let us assume that the developer does not have access to the source-code of the
- * {@code Id} class, or does not want to define a no-args constructor for it. The developer
- * can solve this problem by defining an {@code InstanceCreator} for {@code Id}:</p>
- *
- * <pre>
- * class IdInstanceCreator implements InstanceCreator&lt;Id&gt; {
- *   public Id createInstance(Type type) {
- *     return new Id(Object.class, 0L);
- *   }
- * }
- * </pre>
- *
- * <p>Note that it does not matter what the fields of the created instance contain since Gson will
- * overwrite them with the deserialized values specified in Json. You should also ensure that a
- * <i>new</i> object is returned, not a common object since its fields will be overwritten.
- * The developer will need to register {@code IdInstanceCreator} with Gson as follows:</p>
- *
- * <pre>
- * Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().registerTypeAdapter(Id.class, new IdInstanceCreator()).create();
- * </pre>
- *
- * @param <T> the type of object that will be created by this implementation.
- *
- * @author Inderjeet Singh
- * @author Joel Leitch
- */
-public interface InstanceCreator<T> {
-
-  /**
-   * Gson invokes this call-back method during deserialization to create an instance of the
-   * specified type. The fields of the returned instance are overwritten with the data present
-   * in the Json. Since the prior contents of the object are destroyed and overwritten, do not
-   * return an instance that is useful elsewhere. In particular, do not return a common instance,
-   * always use {@code new} to create a new instance.
-   *
-   * @param type the parameterized T represented as a {@link Type}.
-   * @return a default object instance of type T.
-   */
-  public T createInstance(Type type);
-}