1 /*
2 * Copyright 2002-2004 The Apache Software Foundation
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 org.apache.commons.clazz;
17
18 /**
19 * An object resposible for allocating new <b>instances</b> of a Clazz.
20 *
21 * @author <a href="mailto:dmitri@apache.org">Dmitri Plotnikov</a>
22 * @version $Id: ClazzInstanceFactory.java 155436 2005-02-26 13:17:48Z dirkv $
23 */
24 public interface ClazzInstanceFactory extends ClazzFeature {
25
26 /**
27 * Creates a new instance.
28 * @param parameters is the list of parameters. It can be null if the
29 * factory takes no parameters.
30 */
31 Object newInstance(Object[] parameters);
32
33 /**
34 * Returns the name of the factory. May be null.
35 */
36 String getName();
37
38 /**
39 * Returns the factory parameter types.
40 */
41 Clazz[] getParameterClazzes();
42
43 /**
44 * Returns the signature of the factory in the format
45 * "factoryName(paramType1,...)", where "factoryName" may be empty.
46 */
47 String getSignature();
48 }