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/**
* Copyright 2011 Link Intersystems GmbH
*
* 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
* limitations under the License.
*/
package com.link_intersystems.util;
/**
* An object factory is responsible for creating objects of some type.
*
* @author René Link [rene.link@link-
* intersystems.com]
*
* @param
* @see ParameterizedObjectFactory
* @since 1.0.0;
*/
public interface ObjectFactory {
/**
*
* @return a new instance of the type that this {@link ObjectFactory}
* creates instances of. Don't be confused about this method's name
* it is only named {@link #getObject()} to be complaint with the
* java bean specification. Nevertheless this method creates
* objects.
* @since 1.0.0;
*/
public T getObject();
}