01: // Copyright 2004, 2005 The Apache Software Foundation
02: //
03: // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
04: // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
05: // You may obtain a copy of the License at
06: //
07: // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
08: //
09: // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
10: // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
11: // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
12: // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
13: // limitations under the License.
14:
15: package org.apache.hivemind.service;
16:
17: /**
18: * Service used when dynamically creating new classes.
19: *
20: * @author Howard Lewis Ship
21: */
22: public interface ClassFactory {
23: /**
24: * Creates a {@link ClassFab} object for the given name; the new class is a subclass of the
25: * indicated class. The new class is public and concrete.
26: * <p>
27: * <b>Incompatible change from 1.0: The module parameter has been removed. </b>
28: *
29: * @param name
30: * the full qualified name of the class to create
31: * @param superClass
32: * the parent class, which is often java.lang.Object
33: */
34:
35: public ClassFab newClass(String name, Class super Class);
36:
37: /**
38: * Creates a new {@link org.apache.hivemind.service.InterfaceFab} object with the given name.
39: *
40: * @since 1.1
41: */
42:
43: public InterfaceFab newInterface(String name);
44: }
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