PropertyFactory


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  ;
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   create(Map   properties) throws Exception  ;
30  }
31

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