//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // // Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more // contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with // this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. // The ASF licenses this file to You 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 mx.core { /** * The IFactory interface defines the interface that factory classes * such as ClassFactory must implement. * An object of type IFactory is a "factory object" which Flex uses * to generate multiple instances of another class, each with identical * properties. * *
For example, a DataGridColumn has an itemRenderer
of type
* IFactory; it calls itemRenderer.newInstance()
to create
* the cells for a particular column of the DataGrid.