0.8.1-rc1/workflow/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/workflow/engine/WorkflowEngineFactory.java

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package org.apache.oodt.cas.workflow.engine;

/**
 * A factory interface for creating {@link WorkflowEngine} objects.
 *
 * @author mattmann (Chris Mattmann)
 * @author bfoster (Brian Foster)
 */
public interface WorkflowEngineFactory {

   /**
    * Method which creates {@link WorkflowEngine}s.
    *
    * @return An implementation of the {@link WorkflowEngine} interface
    */
   public WorkflowEngine createWorkflowEngine();
}