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/*
 * Copyright 2013-2016 Erwin Müller 
 *
 * This file is part of prefdialog-api.
 *
 * prefdialog-api is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the
 * Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
 * option) any later version.
 *
 * prefdialog-api is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more
 * details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with prefdialog-api. If not, see .
 */
package com.anrisoftware.prefdialog.fields;

import java.awt.Component;

/**
 * Makes the field factory available as a service.
 * 
 * @author Erwin Mueller, [email protected]
 * @since 3.0
 */
public interface FieldService {

	/**
	 * Returns the information about the field.
	 * 
	 * @return the {@link FieldInfo}.
	 */
	FieldInfo getInfo();

	/**
	 * Returns the field factory.
	 * 
	 * @param parent
	 *            the optional parent {@link Object}.
	 * 
	 * @return the {@link FieldFactory}.
	 */
	FieldFactory getFactory(Object... parent);

}