javax.cache.configuration.Factory Maven / Gradle / Ivy
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package javax.cache.configuration;
import java.io.Serializable;
/**
* Constructs and returns a fully configured instance of a specific factory type.
*
* Implementations may choose not to construct a new instance, but instead
* return a previously created instance.
*
* Implementations must correctly implement {@link Object#equals(Object)} and
* {@link Object#hashCode()} as {@link Factory}s are often compared with each
* other for equivalence.
*
* @param the type of factory constructed
* @author Brian Oliver
* @since 1.0
*/
public interface Factory extends Serializable {
/**
* Constructs and returns a fully configured instance of T.
*
* @return an instance of T.
*/
T create();
}