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014    
015    package org.apache.hivemind.service;
016    
017    /**
018     * A cousin to {@link org.apache.hivemind.service.ClassFab} used to create new interfaces.
019     * 
020     * @author Howard M. Lewis Ship
021     * @since 1.1
022     */
023    public interface InterfaceFab
024    {
025        /**
026         * Adds the specified interface as an interface extended by this interface.
027         */
028        public void addInterface(Class interfaceClass);
029    
030        /**
031         * Adds the method to the interface. Interface methods are always public.
032         */
033    
034        public void addMethod(MethodSignature signature);
035    
036        /**
037         * Creates a Class object for the fabricated interface.
038         */
039    
040        public Class createInterface();
041    }