contrib/jcr-server/webdav/src/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/webdav/DavResourceFactory.java

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package org.apache.jackrabbit.webdav;

/**
 * <code>DavResourceFactory</code> interface defines a single method for creating
 * {@link DavResource} objects.
 */
public interface DavResourceFactory {

    /**
     * Create a {@link DavResource} object from the given locator, request and response
     * objects.
     *
     * @param locator locator of the resource
     * @param request
     * @param response
     * @return a new <code>DavResource</code> object.
     * @throws DavException
     */
    public DavResource createResource(DavResourceLocator locator, DavServletRequest request, DavServletResponse response) throws DavException;

    /**
     * Create a new {@link DavResource} object from the given locator and session.
     *
     * @param locator
     * @param session
     * @return a new <code>DavResource</code> object. 
     * @throws DavException
     */
    public DavResource createResource(DavResourceLocator locator, DavSession session) throws DavException;
}