| package org.apache.commons.digester3.annotations; |
| |
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| |
| import java.lang.annotation.Annotation; |
| import java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement; |
| |
| /** |
| * An object capable of providing instances of {@link AnnotationHandler}. |
| * |
| * @since 3.0 |
| */ |
| public interface AnnotationHandlerFactory |
| { |
| |
| /** |
| * Return an instance of the specified type. |
| * |
| * @param <H> The {@link AnnotationHandler} type has to be created |
| * @param type the class of the object to be returned. |
| * @return an instance of the specified class. |
| * @throws Exception if any error occurs while creating the {@link AnnotationHandler} instance. |
| */ |
| <H extends AnnotationHandler<? extends Annotation, ? extends AnnotatedElement>> H newInstance( Class<H> type ) |
| throws Exception; |
| |
| } |