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package org.apache.ignite.internal.network.serialization.marshal;

/**
 * Strategy for creating an empty (not yet filled with values) instance of a class.
 * Only used to instantiate proper classes, never gets interfaces, primitive classes and so on,
 * so implementations should not bother checking for them in {@link #supports(Class)}.
 */
interface Instantiation {
    /**
     * Returns {@code true} iff supports the provided class for means of instantiation.
     *
     * @param objectClass   class to check for support
     * @return {@code true} iff supports the provided class for means of instantiation
     */
    boolean supports(Class<?> objectClass);

    /**
     * Creates a new instance of the provided class.
     *
     * @param objectClass   class to instantiate
     * @return new instance of the given class
     * @throws InstantiationException   if something goes wrong during instantiation
     */
    Object newInstance(Class<?> objectClass) throws InstantiationException;
}
