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package org.apache.xmlbeans;
/**
* generic interface to abstract creation of an object
*/
public interface ObjectFactory
{
/**
* Given the type, create an object of that type. Note that the return object
* might be a subclass of type, but should always be an instanceof type.
*
* @param type type of object to create
* @return instance
*/
Object createObject(Class type);
}