trunk/src/java/org/apache/lenya/ac/AccreditableManagerFactory.java

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package org.apache.lenya.ac;

import org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.Configuration;
import org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.ConfigurationException;

/**
 * Factory to produce accreditable managers.
 */
public interface AccreditableManagerFactory {
    
    /**
     * The Avalon service role.
     */
    String ROLE = AccreditableManagerFactory.class.getName();
    
    /**
     * @param config The configuration.
     * @return An accreditable manager for a certain configuration.
     * @throws ConfigurationException if the configuration failed.
     */
    AccreditableManager getAccreditableManager(Configuration config) throws ConfigurationException;

}