1 /*=========================================================================== 2 3 ObjectWeb Naming Context Framework 4 Copyright (C) 2002 USTL - LIFL - GOAL 5 Contact: architecture@objectweb.org 6 7 This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 8 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public 9 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either 10 version 2.1 of the License, or any later version. 11 12 This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 13 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 14 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 15 Lesser General Public License for more details. 16 17 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public 18 License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software 19 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 20 USA 21 22 Initial developer(s): Philippe Merle, Jerome Moroy. 23 Contributor(s): ______________________________________. 24 25 ===========================================================================*/ 26 27 package org.objectweb.util.browser.core.api; 28 29 import org.objectweb.util.browser.api.Context; 30 31 /** 32 * Factory for decoder object. 33 * For example, a decoder is used to transform a stub reference into another reference more specific. 34 * 35 * @author <a HREF="mailto:Jerome.Moroy@lifl.fr">Jerome Moroy</a> 36 * @version 0.1 37 */ 38 public interface DecoderFactory { 39 40 // ================================================================== 41 // 42 // Internal state. 43 // 44 // ================================================================== 45 46 // ================================================================== 47 // 48 // Constructors. 49 // 50 // ================================================================== 51 52 // ================================================================== 53 // 54 // Internal methods. 55 // 56 // ================================================================== 57 58 // ================================================================== 59 // 60 // Public methods. 61 // 62 // ================================================================== 63 64 /** 65 * Creates a decoder chain 66 * @param factoryConfig The configuration of the chain of decoder (list of decoder to instanciate) 67 */ 68 public Decoder create(Context factoryConfig); 69 70 } 71