com.zeroc.Ice.ObjectFactory Maven / Gradle / Ivy
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// Generated from file `ObjectFactory.ice'
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package com.zeroc.Ice;
/**
* A factory for objects. Object factories are used when receiving "objects by value".
* An object factory must be implemented by the application writer and registered
* with the communicator.
* @deprecated ObjectFactory has been deprecated, use ValueFactory instead.
**/
@Deprecated
public interface ObjectFactory
{
/**
* Create a new object for a given object type. The type is the
* absolute Slice type id, i.e., the id relative to the
* unnamed top-level Slice module. For example, the absolute
* Slice type id for interfaces of type Bar in the module
* Foo is "::Foo::Bar".
*
* The leading "::" is required.
* @param type The object type.
* @return The object created for the given type, or nil if the
* factory is unable to create the object.
**/
Value create(String type);
/**
* Called when the factory is removed from the communicator, or if
* the communicator is destroyed.
*
* @see Communicator#destroy
**/
void destroy();
}