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14
15 package org.apache.hivemind;
16
17 /**
18  * Interface for an object that can create a service's core implementation.
19  * Mainly used in the xml module for parameterized consruction of services
20  * over a standardized interface.
21  *
22  * @author Howard Lewis Ship
23  */
24 public interface ServiceImplementationFactory
25 {
26     /**
27      * Creates a core implementation object for a particular service extension point. Typically, the
28      * factory creates an instance and modifies it to implement the necessary interface (in much the
29      * same way that an {@link ServiceInterceptorFactory} would). <b>Incompatible change from 1.0: A
30      * long list of individual parameters have been collapsed down into the factoryParameters. </b>
31      *
32      * @param factoryParameters
33      * provides the information about the service necessary to construct the service.
34      */
35     public Object JavaDoc createCoreServiceImplementation(
36             ServiceImplementationFactoryParameters factoryParameters);
37 }
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