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/*
 * Janino - An embedded Java[TM] compiler
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package org.codehaus.commons.compiler;

/**
 * An entity that produces implementations of {@link IExpressionEvaluator}, {@link IScriptEvaluator}, {@link
 * IClassBodyEvaluator}, {@link ISimpleCompiler} or {@link AbstractJavaSourceClassLoader}.
 * 
 *   Implementations of this interface are, e.g. {@code org.codehaus.janino} and {@code
 *   org.codehaus.commons.compiler.jdk}.
 * 
 */
public
interface ICompilerFactory {

    /**
     * @return A {@link String} which uniquely identifies the concrete implementation of this interface, e.g.
     *         {@code "org.codehaus.janino"} or {@code "org.codehaus.commons.compiler.jdk"}
     */
    String getId();

    /**
     * @return A human-readable {@link String} that identifies the concrete implementation of this interface in a user
     *         interface, e.g. {@code "janino"} or {@code "jdk"}
     */
    @Override String toString();

    /**
     * @return The version of this implementation of the commons-compiler specification, or {@code null}
     */
    String getImplementationVersion();

    /**
     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException The underlying implementation does not implement an {@link
     *                                       IExpressionEvaluator}
     * @see IExpressionEvaluator
     */
    IExpressionEvaluator newExpressionEvaluator();

    /**
     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException The underlying implementation does not implement an {@link
     *                                       IScriptEvaluator}
     * @see IScriptEvaluator
     */
    IScriptEvaluator newScriptEvaluator();

    /**
     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException The underlying implementation does not implement an {@link
     *                                       IClassBodyEvaluator}
     * @see IClassBodyEvaluator
     */
    IClassBodyEvaluator newClassBodyEvaluator();

    /**
     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException The underlying implementation does not implement an {@link
     *                                       ISimpleCompiler}
     * @see ISimpleCompiler
     */
    ISimpleCompiler newSimpleCompiler();

    /**
     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException The underlying implementation does not implement an {@link
     *                                       AbstractJavaSourceClassLoader}
     * @see AbstractJavaSourceClassLoader
     */
    AbstractJavaSourceClassLoader newJavaSourceClassLoader();

    /**
     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException The underlying implementation does not implement an {@link
     *                                       AbstractJavaSourceClassLoader}
     * @see AbstractJavaSourceClassLoader
     */
    AbstractJavaSourceClassLoader newJavaSourceClassLoader(ClassLoader parentClassLoader);
}