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18 package org.apache.batik.script;
19
20 import java.net.URL JavaDoc;
21
22 /**
23  * An hight level interface that represents a factory allowing
24  * to create instances of a particular <code>Interpreter</code> interface
25  * implementation.
26  * @author <a HREF="mailto:cjolif@ilog.fr">Christophe Jolif</a>
27  * @version $Id: InterpreterFactory.java,v 1.6 2004/08/27 00:42:06 deweese Exp $
28  */
29 public interface InterpreterFactory {
30
31     /**
32      * Returns the mime-type to register this interpereter with.
33      */
34     public String JavaDoc getMimeType();
35
36     /**
37      * This method should create an instance of <code>Interpreter</code>
38      * interface implementation.
39      *
40      * @param documentURL the url for the document which will be scripted
41      */
42     public Interpreter createInterpreter(URL JavaDoc documentURL);
43 }
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