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20 package org.apache.mina.statemachine.event;
21
22 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
23
24 import org.apache.mina.statemachine.StateMachineProxyBuilder;
25 import org.apache.mina.statemachine.context.StateContext;
26
27 /**
28 * Used by {@link StateMachineProxyBuilder} to create {@link Event} objects when
29 * methods are invoked on the proxy.
30 *
31 * @author The Apache MINA Project (dev@mina.apache.org)
32 * @version $Rev: 641052 $, $Date: 2008-03-25 23:22:35 +0100 (mar, 25 mar 2008) $
33 */
34 public interface EventFactory
35 {
36 /**
37 * Creates a new {@link Event} from the specified method and method
38 * arguments.
39 *
40 * @param context the current {@link StateContext}.
41 * @param method the method being invoked.
42 * @param args the method arguments.
43 * @return the {@link Event} object.
44 */
45 Event create(StateContext context, Method method, Object[] arguments);
46 }