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package org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.swing;


/**
 * An interface to represent a factory of beans
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:jstrachan@apache.org">James Strachan</a>
 * @version $Revision: 1.7 $
 */
public interface Factory {

    /**
     * Create a new component instance
     */
    Object newInstance() throws InstantiationException;
}