function createInterimElementProvider(interimFactoryName) {
    var EXPOSED_METHODS = ['onHide', 'onShow', 'onRemove'];

    var customMethods = {};
    var providerConfig = {
      presets: {}
    };

    var provider = {
      setDefaults: setDefaults,
      addPreset: addPreset,
      addMethod: addMethod,
      $get: factory
    };

    /**
     * all interim elements will come with the 'build' preset
     */
    provider.addPreset('build', {
      methods: ['controller', 'controllerAs', 'resolve', 'multiple',
        'template', 'templateUrl', 'themable', 'transformTemplate', 'parent', 'contentElement']
    });

    return provider;

    /**
     * Save the configured defaults to be used when the factory is instantiated
     */
    function setDefaults(definition) {
      providerConfig.optionsFactory = definition.options;
      providerConfig.methods = (definition.methods || []).concat(EXPOSED_METHODS);
      return provider;
    }

    /**
     * Add a method to the factory that isn't specific to any interim element operations
     */
    function addMethod(name, fn) {
      customMethods[name] = fn;
      return provider;
    }

    /**
     * Save the configured preset to be used when the factory is instantiated
     */
    function addPreset(name, definition) {
      definition = definition || {};
      definition.methods = definition.methods || [];
      definition.options = definition.options || function() { return {}; };

      if (/^cancel|hide|show$/.test(name)) {
        throw new Error("Preset '" + name + "' in " + interimFactoryName + " is reserved!");
      }
      if (definition.methods.indexOf('_options') > -1) {
        throw new Error("Method '_options' in " + interimFactoryName + " is reserved!");
      }
      providerConfig.presets[name] = {
        methods: definition.methods.concat(EXPOSED_METHODS),
        optionsFactory: definition.options,
        argOption: definition.argOption
      };
      return provider;
    }

    function addPresetMethod(presetName, methodName, method) {
      providerConfig.presets[presetName][methodName] = method;
    }

    /**
     * Create a factory that has the given methods & defaults implementing interimElement
     */
    /* @ngInject */
    function factory($$interimElement, $injector) {
      var defaultMethods;
      var defaultOptions;
      var interimElementService = $$interimElement();

      /*
       * publicService is what the developer will be using.
       * It has methods hide(), cancel(), show(), build(), and any other
       * presets which were set during the config phase.
       */
      var publicService = {
        hide: interimElementService.hide,
        cancel: interimElementService.cancel,
        show: showInterimElement,

        // Special internal method to destroy an interim element without animations
        // used when navigation changes causes a $scope.$destroy() action
        destroy : destroyInterimElement
      };


      defaultMethods = providerConfig.methods || [];
      // This must be invoked after the publicService is initialized
      defaultOptions = invokeFactory(providerConfig.optionsFactory, {});

      // Copy over the simple custom methods
      angular.forEach(customMethods, function(fn, name) {
        publicService[name] = fn;
      });

      angular.forEach(providerConfig.presets, function(definition, name) {
        var presetDefaults = invokeFactory(definition.optionsFactory, {});
        var presetMethods = (definition.methods || []).concat(defaultMethods);

        // Every interimElement built with a preset has a field called `$type`,
        // which matches the name of the preset.
        // Eg in preset 'confirm', options.$type === 'confirm'
        angular.extend(presetDefaults, { $type: name });

        // This creates a preset class which has setter methods for every
        // method given in the `.addPreset()` function, as well as every
        // method given in the `.setDefaults()` function.
        //
        // @example
        // .setDefaults({
        //   methods: ['hasBackdrop', 'clickOutsideToClose', 'escapeToClose', 'targetEvent'],
        //   options: dialogDefaultOptions
        // })
        // .addPreset('alert', {
        //   methods: ['title', 'ok'],
        //   options: alertDialogOptions
        // })
        //
        // Set values will be passed to the options when interimElement.show() is called.
        function Preset(opts) {
          this._options = angular.extend({}, presetDefaults, opts);
        }
        angular.forEach(presetMethods, function(name) {
          Preset.prototype[name] = function(value) {
            this._options[name] = value;
            return this;
          };
        });

        // Create shortcut method for one-linear methods
        if (definition.argOption) {
          var methodName = 'show' + name.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + name.slice(1);
          publicService[methodName] = function(arg) {
            var config = publicService[name](arg);
            return publicService.show(config);
          };
        }

        // eg $mdDialog.alert() will return a new alert preset
        publicService[name] = function(arg) {
          // If argOption is supplied, eg `argOption: 'content'`, then we assume
          // if the argument is not an options object then it is the `argOption` option.
          //
          // @example `$mdToast.simple('hello')` // sets options.content to hello
          //                                     // because argOption === 'content'
          if (arguments.length && definition.argOption &&
              !angular.isObject(arg) && !angular.isArray(arg))  {

            return (new Preset())[definition.argOption](arg);

          } else {
            return new Preset(arg);
          }

        };
      });

      return publicService;

      /**
       *
       */
      function showInterimElement(opts) {
        // opts is either a preset which stores its options on an _options field,
        // or just an object made up of options
        opts = opts || { };
        if (opts._options) opts = opts._options;

        return interimElementService.show(
          angular.extend({}, defaultOptions, opts)
        );
      }

      /**
       *  Special method to hide and destroy an interimElement WITHOUT
       *  any 'leave` or hide animations ( an immediate force hide/remove )
       *
       *  NOTE: This calls the onRemove() subclass method for each component...
       *  which must have code to respond to `options.$destroy == true`
       */
      function destroyInterimElement(opts) {
          return interimElementService.destroy(opts);
      }

      /**
       * Helper to call $injector.invoke with a local of the factory name for
       * this provider.
       * If an $mdDialog is providing options for a dialog and tries to inject
       * $mdDialog, a circular dependency error will happen.
       * We get around that by manually injecting $mdDialog as a local.
       */
      function invokeFactory(factory, defaultVal) {
        var locals = {};
        locals[interimFactoryName] = publicService;
        return $injector.invoke(factory || function() { return defaultVal; }, {}, locals);
      }
    }
  }
Returns a new provider which allows configuration of a new interimElement
service. Allows configuration of default options & methods for options,
as well as configuration of 'preset' methods (eg dialog.basic(): basic is a preset method)