| Defines a factory which can return an Object instance
(possibly shared or independent) when invoked.
This interface is typically used to encapsulate a generic factory which
returns a new instance (prototype) of some target object on each invocation.
This interface is similar to FactoryBean, but implementations of the latter
are normally meant to be defined as instances by the user in a BeanFactory,
while implementations of this class are normally meant to be fed as a property
to other beans. As such, the getObject method has different
exception handling behavior.
author:
Colin Sampaleanu
since:
11.05.2004
See Also: FactoryBean |