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1 /*
2  * @(#)ViewFactory.java 1.18 03/12/19
3  *
4  * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
5  * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
6  */
7 package javax.swing.text;
8
9 import java.awt.Container JavaDoc;
10
11 /**
12  * A factory to create a view of some portion of document subject.
13  * This is intended to enable customization of how views get
14  * mapped over a document model.
15  *
16  * @author Timothy Prinzing
17  * @version 1.18 12/19/03
18  */
19 public interface ViewFactory {
20
21     /**
22      * Creates a view from the given structural element of a
23      * document.
24      *
25      * @param elem the piece of the document to build a view of
26      * @return the view
27      * @see View
28      */
29     public View JavaDoc create(Element JavaDoc elem);
30
31 }
32
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