trunk/chemistry-opencmis-commons/chemistry-opencmis-commons-impl/src/main/java/org/apache/chemistry/opencmis/commons/impl/json/parser/ContainerFactory.java

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package org.apache.chemistry.opencmis.commons.impl.json.parser;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Container factory for creating containers for JSON object and JSON array.
 * 
 * (Taken from JSON.simple <http://code.google.com/p/json-simple/> and modified
 * for OpenCMIS.)
 * 
 * @see JSONParser#parse(java.io.Reader, ContainerFactory)
 * 
 * @author FangYidong<fangyidong@yahoo.com.cn>
 */
public interface ContainerFactory {
    /**
     * @return A Map instance to store JSON object, or null if you want to use
     *         JSONObject.
     */
    Map<String, Object> createObjectContainer();

    /**
     * @return A List instance to store JSON array, or null if you want to use
     *         JSONArray.
     */
    List<Object> creatArrayContainer();
}