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| 1.0;1 |
1 | /* | |
2 | * Copyright 2002-2004 The Apache Software Foundation | |
3 | * | |
4 | * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); | |
5 | * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. | |
6 | * You may obtain a copy of the License at | |
7 | * | |
8 | * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 | |
9 | * | |
10 | * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software | |
11 | * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, | |
12 | * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. | |
13 | * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and | |
14 | * limitations under the License. | |
15 | */ | |
16 | package org.apache.commons.clazz; | |
17 | ||
18 | /** | |
19 | * An object resposible for allocating new <b>instances</b> of a Clazz. | |
20 | * | |
21 | * @author <a href="mailto:dmitri@apache.org">Dmitri Plotnikov</a> | |
22 | * @version $Id: ClazzInstanceFactory.java 155436 2005-02-26 13:17:48Z dirkv $ | |
23 | */ | |
24 | public interface ClazzInstanceFactory extends ClazzFeature { | |
25 | ||
26 | /** | |
27 | * Creates a new instance. | |
28 | * @param parameters is the list of parameters. It can be null if the | |
29 | * factory takes no parameters. | |
30 | */ | |
31 | Object newInstance(Object[] parameters); | |
32 | ||
33 | /** | |
34 | * Returns the name of the factory. May be null. | |
35 | */ | |
36 | String getName(); | |
37 | ||
38 | /** | |
39 | * Returns the factory parameter types. | |
40 | */ | |
41 | Clazz[] getParameterClazzes(); | |
42 | ||
43 | /** | |
44 | * Returns the signature of the factory in the format | |
45 | * "factoryName(paramType1,...)", where "factoryName" may be empty. | |
46 | */ | |
47 | String getSignature(); | |
48 | } |