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9  * wharley@bea.com - initial API and implementation
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12
13 package org.eclipse.jdt.apt.core.internal;
14
15 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
16
17 /**
18  * An abstract factory for services such as annotation processors.
19  * This abstraction exists because the way a service is instantiated
20  * may depend on where it was loaded from as well as what kind of
21  * service it is (e.g., Java 6 annotation processors use their class
22  * object as a factory; Java 5 processors have an explicit factory
23  * object.)
24  * @since 3.3
25  * @see AnnotationProcessorFactoryLoader
26  */
27 public interface IServiceFactory {
28     
29     Object JavaDoc newInstance() throws CoreException;
30 }
31
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