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namespace Spring.Objects.Factory{
/// <summary>
/// Interface defining a factory which can return an object instance
/// (possibly shared or independent) when invoked.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// This interface is typically used to encapsulate a generic factory
/// which returns a new instance (prototype) on each invocation.
/// It is similar to the <see cref="Spring.Objects.Factory.IFactoryObject"/>, but
/// implementations of the aforementioned interface are normally meant to be defined
/// as instances by the user in an <see cref="Spring.Objects.Factory.IObjectFactory"/>,
/// while implementations of this class are normally meant to be fed as a property to
/// other objects; as such, the
/// <see cref="Spring.Objects.Factory.IGenericObjectFactory.GetObject"/> method
/// has different exception handling behavior.
/// </remarks>
/// <author>Colin Sampaleanu</author>
/// <author>Simon White (.NET)</author>
public interface IGenericObjectFactory
{
/// <summary>
/// Return an instance (possibly shared or independent)
/// of the object managed by this factory.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>
/// An instance of the object (should never be <see langword="null"/>).
/// </returns>
object GetObject();
}
}
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