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package com.phloc.commons.factory;
import com.phloc.commons.annotations.DevelopersNote;
/**
* This is a generic interface for creating objects of a certain type that have
* a parent item. For creating root items, please use the
* {@link IHierarchicalRootFactory} interface!
*
* @author Philip Helger
* @param
* The type of object to create.
*/
public interface IHierarchicalFactory extends IFactoryWithParameter
{
/**
* Create an object of the desired type.
*
* @param aParent
* The parent item to use. May never be null.
* @return The created object.
*/
@DevelopersNote ("No @Nullable annotation as we can make no assumptions on the state")
DATATYPE create (DATATYPE aParent);
}