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/*
 * IzPack - Copyright 2001-2011 Julien Ponge, All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * http://izpack.org/ http://izpack.codehaus.org/
 *
 * Copyright 2011 Tim Anderson
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
 * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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package com.izforge.izpack.util;


/**
 * Factory for constructing platform specific implementation implementations of interfaces or classes.
 *
 * @author Tim Anderson
 * @see Platforms
 * @see Platform
 */
public interface TargetPlatformFactory
{

    /**
     * Creates a platform specific implementation of a class, for the current platform.
     *
     * @param clazz the class to create a platform specific instance of
     * @return the instance for the specified platform
     * @throws Exception for any error
     */
     T create(Class clazz) throws Exception;

    /**
     * Creates a platform specific implementation of a class, for the specified platform.
     *
     * @param clazz    the class to create a platform specific instance of
     * @param platform the platform
     * @return the instance for the specified platform
     * @throws Exception for any error
     */
     T create(Class clazz, Platform platform) throws Exception;
}