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1: /* ======================================================================== 2: * JCommon : a free general purpose class library for the Java(tm) platform 3: * ======================================================================== 4: * 5: * (C) Copyright 2000-2005, by Object Refinery Limited and Contributors. 6: * 7: * Project Info: http://www.jfree.org/jcommon/index.html 8: * 9: * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it 10: * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by 11: * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or 12: * (at your option) any later version. 13: * 14: * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 15: * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY 16: * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public 17: * License for more details. 18: * 19: * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public 20: * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software 21: * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, 22: * USA. 23: * 24: * [Java is a trademark or registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. 25: * in the United States and other countries.] 26: * 27: * ------------------ 28: * ObjectFactory.java 29: * ------------------ 30: * (C) Copyright 2003-2005, by Thomas Morgner and Contributors. 31: * 32: * Original Author: Thomas Morgner; 33: * Contributor(s): David Gilbert (for Object Refinery Limited); 34: * 35: * $Id: ObjectFactory.java,v 1.3 2005/10/18 13:33:53 mungady Exp $ 36: * 37: * Changes 38: * ------- 39: * 22-Nov-2003 : Version 1 (TM); 40: * 41: */ 42: 43: package org.jfree.xml.util; 44: 45: /** 46: * An object factory. 47: */ 48: public interface ObjectFactory { 49: 50: /** 51: * Returns the generic factory for the given class or null, if there is 52: * no handler for this class. The factory will be reinitialized using 53: * getInstance(). 54: * 55: * @param c the class for which we need a producer 56: * @return the factory for this class 57: */ 58: public GenericObjectFactory getFactoryForClass(Class c); 59: 60: /** 61: * Checks, whether a generic handler exists for the given class. This does 62: * not check, whether an mapping exists. 63: * 64: * @param c the class for which to check 65: * @return true, if an generic handler is defined, false otherwise. 66: */ 67: public boolean isGenericHandler(Class c); 68: 69: /** 70: * Returns the multiplex definition for the given class, or null, if no 71: * such definition exists. 72: * 73: * @param c the class for which to check the existence of the multiplexer 74: * @return the multiplexer for the class, or null if no multiplexer exists. 75: */ 76: public MultiplexMappingDefinition getMultiplexDefinition(Class c); 77: 78: /** 79: * Returns the manual mapping definition for the given class, or null, if 80: * not manual definition exists. 81: * 82: * @param c the class for which to check the existence of the definition 83: * @return the manual mapping definition or null. 84: */ 85: public ManualMappingDefinition getManualMappingDefinition(Class c); 86: 87: }