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+/*
+ * Copyright 2000-2013 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ *
+ * 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
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.jetbrains.python.module;
+
+import com.intellij.ide.util.projectWizard.ModuleBuilder;
+import com.intellij.openapi.components.ServiceManager;
+import com.intellij.platform.DirectoryProjectGenerator;
+
+/**
+ * @author yole
+ */
+public abstract class PyModuleService {
+  public static PyModuleService getInstance() {
+    return ServiceManager.getService(PyModuleService.class);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a ModuleBuilder that creates a Python module and runs the specified DirectoryProjectGenerator to perform
+   * further initialization. The showGenerationSettings() method on the generator is not called, and the generateProject() method
+   * receives null as the 'settings' parameter.
+   *
+   * @param generator the generator to run for configuring the project
+   * @return the created module builder instance
+   */
+  public abstract ModuleBuilder createPythonModuleBuilder(DirectoryProjectGenerator generator);
+}