| /* Copyright 2004 The Apache Software Foundation |
| * |
| * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); |
| * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. |
| * You may obtain a copy of the License at |
| * |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
| * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
| * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
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| */ |
| |
| package org.apache.xmlbeans; |
| |
| /** |
| * generic interface to abstract creation of an object |
| */ |
| public interface ObjectFactory |
| { |
| /** |
| * Given the type, create an object of that type. Note that the return object |
| * might be a subclass of type, but should always be an instanceof type. |
| * |
| * @param type type of object to create |
| * @return instance |
| */ |
| Object createObject(Class type); |
| } |