groovy-core/experimental/groovy/swing/factory/Factory.groovy

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package groovy.swing.factory

import groovy.swing.SwingBuilder

/**
 * An interface to represent a factory of beans.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:james@coredevelopers.net">James Strachan</a>
 * @version $Revision: 6778 $
 */
public interface Factory {

    /**
     * Create a new instance
     */    
    Object newInstance(SwingBuilder builder, Object name, Object value, Map properties) throws InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException;
}