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| |
| package org.apache.uima; |
| |
| /** |
| * A type of {@link ResourceFactory} that produces resources by delegating to other Resource |
| * Factories. |
| * <p> |
| * Resource Factories are registered with the composite factory by calling the |
| * {@link #registerFactory(Class,ResourceFactory)} method. The type of |
| * {@link org.apache.uima.resource.ResourceSpecifier} that the factory can handle is passed to this |
| * method. In the event that more than one <code>ResourceFactory</code> is registered for the same |
| * Resource Specifier class, the most recently registered factory will be tried first. |
| * |
| * |
| */ |
| public interface CompositeResourceFactory extends ResourceFactory { |
| /** |
| * Registers a ResourceFactory with this composite factory. |
| * |
| * @param aResourceSpecifierInterface |
| * the subinterface of {@link org.apache.uima.resource.ResourceSpecifier} that the |
| * factory can handle |
| * @param aFactory |
| * the factory used to create resources from resource specifiers of the given type |
| */ |
| public void registerFactory(Class aResourceSpecifierInterface, ResourceFactory aFactory); |
| } |
