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02: //
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14:
15: package org.apache.hivemind;
16:
17: /**
18: * Interface for an object that can create a service's core implementation.
19: *
20: * @author Howard Lewis Ship
21: */
22: public interface ServiceImplementationFactory {
23: /**
24: * Creates a core implementation object for a particular service extension point. Typically, the
25: * factory creates an instance and modifies it to implement the necessary interface (in much the
26: * same way that an {@link ServiceInterceptorFactory} would). <b>Incompatible change from 1.0: A
27: * long list of individual parameters have been collapsed down into the factoryParameters. </b>
28: *
29: * @param factoryParameters
30: * provides the information about the service necessary to construct the service.
31: */
32: public Object createCoreServiceImplementation(
33: ServiceImplementationFactoryParameters factoryParameters);
34: }
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