| /* |
| * Copyright (c) 2007, 2011-2013, 2015 Eike Stepper (Berlin, Germany) and others. |
| * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials |
| * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 |
| * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * Eike Stepper - initial API and implementation |
| * Christian W. Damus (CEA) - bug 399641: container-aware factories |
| */ |
| package org.eclipse.net4j.util.factory; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.net4j.util.container.IManagedContainer; |
| import org.eclipse.net4j.util.container.IManagedContainerFactory; |
| |
| /** |
| * {@link #create(String) Creates} objects from a string {@link #getDescriptionFor(Object) description}. |
| * <p> |
| * If a factory is registered in an {@link IManagedContainer}, the {@link IManagedContainerFactory} extension interface |
| * injects that container into the factory for it to reach back into to obtain dependencies. |
| * |
| * @author Eike Stepper |
| * @apiviz.landmark |
| * @apiviz.has {@link IFactoryKey} |
| * |
| * @see IManagedContainerFactory |
| */ |
| public interface IFactory |
| { |
| public IFactoryKey getKey(); |
| |
| public Object create(String description) throws ProductCreationException; |
| |
| public String getDescriptionFor(Object product); |
| } |
