content: /*
   * Copyright 2013-2025 Real Logic Limited.
   *
   * 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
   *
   * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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   * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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  package uk.co.real_logic.sbe.generation;
  
  import uk.co.real_logic.sbe.ir.Ir;
  
  /**
   * Target a code generator for a given language.
   */
  public interface TargetCodeGenerator
  {
      /**
       * Get a new {@link CodeGenerator} for the given target language.
       *
       * @param ir        describing the message schemas from which code should be generated.
       * @param outputDir to which the generated code with be written.
       * @return a new instance of a {@link CodeGenerator} for the given target language.
       */
      CodeGenerator newInstance(Ir ir, String outputDir);
  }
  