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16 */
17
18 package org.apache.commons.pipeline;
19
20
21 /**
22 * Simple factory interface for creating pipelines. This interface is commonly implemented
23 * in different ways to allow creation of a pipeline based upon some external
24 * configuration source instead of in code.
25 */
26 public interface PipelineFactory {
27 /**
28 * Returns a Pipeline created by the factory.
29 * @throws org.apache.commons.pipeline.PipelineCreationException if there is an error creating the pipeline
30 * @return the newly created pipeline
31 */
32 public Pipeline createPipeline() throws PipelineCreationException;
33 }