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package com.google.gwt.requestfactory.shared;

/**
 * Used to call instance methods. Note that this does not extend {@link Request}
 * &mdash; rather it vends one. There is no way to get an instance method's
 * {@link Request#fire} without assigning an instance by calling {@link #using}.
 * 
 * @param <P> the instance type of EntityProxy
 * @param <T> the type eventually returned by the method invocation
 */
public interface InstanceRequest<P extends EntityProxy, T> {

  /**
   * Provide the instance on which the request will be invoked.
   *
   * @param instanceObject an {@link EntityProxy} instance of type P
   * @return an instance of {@link Request}&lt;T&gt;
   */
  Request<T> using(P instanceObject);
}