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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.jelly.impl;
17  
18  import org.apache.commons.jelly.JellyException;
19  import org.apache.commons.jelly.Tag;
20  
21  import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
22  
23  /***
24   * <p><code>TagFactory</code> represents a Factory of {@link Tag} instances.</p>
25   *
26   * <b>Note</b> that this class should be re-entrant and used
27   * concurrently by multiple threads.
28   *
29   * @author <a href="mailto:jstrachan@apache.org">James Strachan</a>
30   * @version $Revision: 155420 $
31   */
32  public interface TagFactory {
33  
34      /***
35       * Creates a Tag for the given local name and the SAX attributes
36       */
37      public Tag createTag(String name, Attributes attributes) throws JellyException;
38  }