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package org.apache.samza.rest.proxy.task;


/**
 * Factory interface that will be used to create {@link TaskProxy}
 * instances.
 *
 * To use a custom {@link TaskProxy}, create an implementation of this interface
 * and instantiate the custom proxy in the getTaskProxy method. Set
 * the config {@link TaskResourceConfig#CONFIG_TASK_PROXY_FACTORY}
 * value to the appropriate factory implementation class.
 */
public interface TaskProxyFactory {

  /**
   * @param config the {@link TaskResourceConfig} to pass to the proxy.
   * @return the created proxy.
   */
  TaskProxy getTaskProxy(TaskResourceConfig config);
}