core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/jelly/impl/TagFactory.java

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package org.apache.commons.jelly.impl;

import org.apache.commons.jelly.JellyException;
import org.apache.commons.jelly.Tag;

import org.xml.sax.Attributes;

/**
 * <p><code>TagFactory</code> represents a Factory of {@link Tag} instances.</p>
 *
 * <b>Note</b> that this class should be re-entrant and used
 * concurrently by multiple threads.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:jstrachan@apache.org">James Strachan</a>
 * @version $Revision$
 */
public interface TagFactory {

    /**
     * Creates a Tag for the given local name and the SAX attributes
     */
    public Tag createTag(String name, Attributes attributes) throws JellyException;
}