1 /*
2 * Copyright 2004 David C. Brown
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16 package net.sf.ashkay;
17
18
19
20 /***
21 * ObjectFactory is the factory for creating objects used by the ObjectCache.
22 * Implementations of ObjectFactories will need to exist for each type of object
23 * to be cached.
24 *
25 * @see net.sf.ashkay.ObjectCache
26 * @author <a href="mailto:bangroot@users.sf.net">Dave Brown</a>
27 */
28 public interface ObjectFactory {
29 Object createObjectFor(Object key, Object data) throws net.sf.ashkay.CreationException;
30 }