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1 /*
2  * $Id: PropertyFactory.java 3798 2006-11-04 04:07:14Z aperepel $
3  * --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4  * Copyright (c) MuleSource, Inc. All rights reserved. http://www.mulesource.com
5  *
6  * The software in this package is published under the terms of the MuleSource MPL
7  * license, a copy of which has been included with this distribution in the
8  * LICENSE.txt file.
9  */

10
11 package org.mule.config;
12
13 import java.util.Map JavaDoc;
14
15 /**
16  * <code>PropertyFactory</code> is used to create objects from the property file.
17  * PropertyFactories map to <factory-property> elements in the MuleXml config.
18  */

19 public interface PropertyFactory
20 {
21     /**
22      * Creates a property using code execution.
23      *
24      * @param properties The map of properties preceeding this <factory-property>
25      * @return an object that will become the value of a property with a name that
26      * matches the 'name' attribute on the <factory-property> element.
27      * @throws Exception
28      */

29     Object JavaDoc create(Map JavaDoc properties) throws Exception JavaDoc;
30 }
31
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