| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2008, 2010 VMware Inc. |
| * 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: |
| * VMware Inc. - initial contribution |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| |
| package org.eclipse.virgo.kernel.install.pipeline; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.virgo.kernel.install.pipeline.stage.PipelineStage; |
| |
| /** |
| * {@link PipelineFactory} may be used to create {@link Pipeline Pipelines}. |
| * <p /> |
| * |
| * <strong>Concurrent Semantics</strong><br /> |
| * |
| * Implementations of this interface must be thread safe. |
| * |
| */ |
| public interface PipelineFactory { |
| |
| /** |
| * Create a {@link Pipeline} with no stages. |
| * |
| * @return a <code>Pipeline</code> |
| */ |
| Pipeline create(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Create a {@link org.eclipse.virgo.kernel.install.pipeline.internal.CompensatingPipeline CompensatingPipeline} with the given compensation {@link PipelineStage}. |
| * |
| * @param compensation the PipelineStage to run if a stage of the pipeline throws an exception |
| * @return the <code>CompensatingPipeline</code> |
| */ |
| Pipeline createCompensatingPipeline(PipelineStage compensation); |
| |
| } |
