benchmarks/src/test/java/org/apache/mina/core/BenchmarkFactory.java

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package org.apache.mina.core;

/**
 * Common interface for client and server factories
 * 
 * @author <a href="http://mina.apache.org">Apache MINA Project</a>
 */
public interface BenchmarkFactory<T> {
    /**
     * The different types of providers
     */
    public enum Type {
        Mina3_tcp, Mina3_udp, Netty3_tcp, Netty3_udp, Netty4_tcp, Netty4_udp, Bio_tcp, Bio_udp
    }

    /**
     * Allocate a provider.
     * 
     * @param type the provider type
     * @return the allocated provider
     */
    public T get(Type type);
}