1 /* 2 * Copyright 2002-2004 The Apache Software Foundation. 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 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.axis; 18 19 /** 20 * EngineConfigurationFactory is an interface used to construct 21 * concrete EngineConfiguration instances. 22 * 23 * Each EngineConfigurationFactory must also (directly) implement 24 * the following static method: 25 * 26 * //Creates and returns a new EngineConfigurationFactory. 27 * //If a factory cannot be created, return 'null'. 28 * // 29 * //The factory may return non-NULL only if: 30 * // - it knows what to do with the param (check type & process value) 31 * // - it can find it's configuration information 32 * // 33 * //@see org.apache.axis.configuration.EngineConfigurationFactoryFinder 34 * 35 * public static EngineConfigurationFactory newFactory(Object param); 36 * 37 * This is checked at runtime and a warning generated for 38 * factories found that do NOT implement this. 39 * 40 * @author Richard A. Sitze 41 * @author Glyn Normington (glyn@apache.org) 42 */ 43 public interface EngineConfigurationFactory { 44 /** 45 * Property name used for setting an EngineConfiguration to be used 46 * in creating engines. 47 */ 48 public static final String SYSTEM_PROPERTY_NAME = "axis.EngineConfigFactory"; 49 50 /** 51 * Get a default client engine configuration. 52 * 53 * @return a client EngineConfiguration 54 */ 55 public EngineConfiguration getClientEngineConfig(); 56 57 /** 58 * Get a default server engine configuration. 59 * 60 * @return a server EngineConfiguration 61 */ 62 public EngineConfiguration getServerEngineConfig(); 63 } 64