01: /*
02: * Copyright 2002,2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
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: */
16:
17: package org.apache.commons.jelly.expression;
18:
19: import org.apache.commons.jelly.JellyException;
20:
21: /** <p><code>ExpressionFactory</code> is a factory of Expression objects.</p>
22: *
23: * @author <a href="mailto:jstrachan@apache.org">James Strachan</a>
24: * @version $Revision: 155420 $
25: */
26: public interface ExpressionFactory {
27:
28: /**
29: * Creates a new expression for the given text
30: */
31:
32: public Expression createExpression(String text)
33: throws JellyException;
34:
35: }
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