/*
 * Copyright 2011 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
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package com.google.enterprise.adaptor.secmgr.json;

/**
 * This interface is used by {@link ProxyTypeAdapter} to handle immutable types.
 * In addition to methods specified by this interface, the proxy must implement
 * a no-argument constructor (for deserialization) and a one-argument
 * constructor where the argument is an instance of {@code <S>} (for
 * serialization).
 *
 * @param <S> The type that this is a proxy for.
 */
public interface TypeProxy<S> {
  /**
   * Creates an instance of {@code <S>} from this proxy.  Assumes that the proxy
   * has been appropriately initialized.
   */
  public S build();
}