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// Factory.java, created Wed Jul 6 07:37:29 2005 by salcianu
// Copyright (C) 2005 Alexandru Salcianu
// Licensed under the Modified BSD Licence; see COPYING for details.
package jpaul.DataStructs;
/**
* Factory for the factory pattern. Encapsulates methods
* for creating and copying objects of a certain class.
*
* @author Alexandru Salcianu - [email protected]
* @version $Id: Factory.java,v 1.2 2005/08/10 22:43:41 salcianu Exp $ */
public interface Factory {
/** Create a new object of class T. Corresponds to a
default constructor. */
public T create();
/** Create a new object of class T, as a copy of
t. Corresponds to a copy constructor. */
public T create(T t);
}