01: /**
02: * Copyright 2003-2007 Luck Consulting Pty Ltd
03: *
04: * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
05: * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
06: * You may obtain a copy of the License at
07: *
08: * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
09: *
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: */package net.sf.ehcache.extension;
16:
17: import net.sf.ehcache.Ehcache;
18:
19: import java.util.Properties;
20:
21: /**
22: * An abstract factory for creating <code>CacheExtension</code>s. Implementers should provide their own
23: * concrete factory extending this factory. It can then be configured in ehcache.xml.
24: *
25: * @author <a href="mailto:gluck@gregluck.com">Greg Luck</a>
26: * @version $Id: CacheExtensionFactory.java 519 2007-07-27 07:11:45Z gregluck $
27: */
28: public abstract class CacheExtensionFactory {
29:
30: /**
31: * @param cache the cache this extension should hold a reference to, and to whose lifecycle it should be bound.
32: * @param properties implementation specific properties configured as delimiter separated name value pairs in ehcache.xml
33: */
34: public abstract CacheExtension createCacheExtension(Ehcache cache,
35: Properties properties);
36:
37: }
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