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    16  
    17  import org.as2lib.core.BasicInterface;
    18  import org.as2lib.env.reflect.InvocationHandler;
    19  
    20  /**
    21   * {@code ProxyFactory} declares methods to create dynamic proxies, that means at
    22   * run-time, of specific types, that are classes or interfaces.
    23   * 
    24   * <p>Methods that get invoked on the returned proxy are forwared to an invocation
    25   * handler that is responsible to respond appropriately to the method invocation.
    26   *
    27   * @author Simon Wacker
    28   */
    29  interface org.as2lib.env.reflect.ProxyFactory extends BasicInterface {
    30  	
    31  	/**
    32  	 * Creates a proxy for the given {@code type} and delegates method invocations on
    33  	 * this proxy to the {@link InvocationHandler#invoke} method.
    34  	 * 
    35  	 * <p>Types are classes and interfaces.
    36  	 *
    37  	 * <p>The returned proxy can be casted to the passed-in {@code type}.
    38  	 *
    39  	 * @param type the type to create a proxy for
    40  	 * @param handler the handler to invoke the {@code invoke} method on method
    41  	 * invocations on the returned proxy
    42  	 * @return the proxy for the given {@code type}
    43  	 */
    44  	public function createProxy(type:Function, handler:InvocationHandler);
    45  	
    46  }