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41: package org.netbeans.modules.vmd.api.model;
42:
43: /**
44: * Register an implementation of this interface into global lookup (META-INF/services/org.netbeans.modules.vmd.api.model.PrimitiveDescriptorFactory file).
45: * Registered factories are called for creating PrimitiveDescriptors for a specified string ids.
46: * <p>
47: * This descriptor is used just for (de)serialization of value with TypeID.Kind == PRIMITIVE.
48: *
49: * @author David Kaspar
50: */
51: public interface PrimitiveDescriptorFactory {
52:
53: /**
54: * The project type which the primitive descriptor factory is related to.
55: * @return the related project type
56: */
57: public String getProjectType();
58:
59: /**
60: * Factory method for creating PrimitiveDescriptors. It is called while a document is (de)serialized.
61: * @param string the string part of TypeID
62: * @return the primitive descriptor
63: */
64: public PrimitiveDescriptor getDescriptorForTypeIDString(
65: String string);
66:
67: }
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