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020package org.apache.mina.statemachine.event;
021
022import java.lang.reflect.Method;
023
024import org.apache.mina.statemachine.StateMachineProxyBuilder;
025import org.apache.mina.statemachine.context.StateContext;
026
027/**
028 * Used by {@link StateMachineProxyBuilder} to create {@link Event} objects when
029 * methods are invoked on the proxy.
030 *
031 * @author <a href="http://mina.apache.org">Apache MINA Project</a>
032 */
033public interface EventFactory {
034    /**
035     * Creates a new {@link Event} from the specified method and method
036     * arguments.
037     * 
038     * @param context
039     *            the current {@link StateContext}.
040     * @param method
041     *            the method being invoked.
042     * @param arguments
043     *            the method arguments.
044     * @return the {@link Event} object.
045     */
046    Event create(StateContext context, Method method, Object[] arguments);
047}