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014    
015    package org.apache.hivemind.service;
016    
017    /**
018     * Creates a synthetic interface based on the provided class. The interface extends the same
019     * interfaces implemented by the class (working up the inheritance tree). It includes all public
020     * methods.
021     * 
022     * @author Howard M. Lewis Ship
023     * @since 1.1
024     */
025    public interface InterfaceSynthesizer
026    {
027        public Class synthesizeInterface(Class beanClass);
028    }