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19 package org.netbeans.modules.refactoring.spi;
20
21 import org.netbeans.modules.refactoring.api.AbstractRefactoring;
22
23 /** Factory for a refactoring plugin (implementing {@link RefactoringPlugin} interface).
24  * Implementations of this factory can be registered to the lookup. The refactorings
25  * then get all the implementations of this interface from the lookup and call createInstance
26  * method passing "this" as a parameter.
27  *
28  * @author Martin Matula
29  */
30 public interface RefactoringPluginFactory {
31     /** Creates and returns a new instance of the refactoring plugin or returns
32      * null if the plugin is not suitable for the passed refactoring.
33      * @param refactoring Refactoring, the plugin should operate on.
34      * @return Instance of RefactoringPlugin or null if the plugin is not applicable to
35      * the passed refactoring.
36      */
37     RefactoringPlugin createInstance(AbstractRefactoring refactoring);
38 }
39
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