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  package org.apache.causeway.commons.internal.proxy;
  
  /**
   * Generates dynamic classes and corresponding instances by rebasing a given 'base' class.
   *
   * @since 2.0
   * @param <T> type of proxy objects this factory creates
   */
  public interface ProxyFactory<T> {
  
      /**
       * @param initialize whether to call a constructor on object instantiation
       * @return new proxy instance of type T
       * @throws IllegalArgumentException when using initialize=true and the number of
       * constructorArgTypes specified while building this factory is greater than 0.
       */
      public T createInstance(boolean initialize);
  
      /**
       * @param constructorArgs passed to the constructor with matching signature on object instantiation
       * @return new proxy instance of type T (always uses a constructor)
       * @throws IllegalArgumentException if constructorArgs is null or empty or does not
       * conform to the number of constructorArgTypes specified while building this factory.
       */
      public T createInstance(Object[] constructorArgs);
  
  }
  