1 /* 2 * Created on May 1, 2004 3 * 4 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 5 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public 6 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either 7 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. 8 * 9 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 10 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 11 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 12 * Lesser General Public License for more details. 13 * 14 * Full GNU LGPL license terms : http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.txt 15 * 16 * Project : iky-container 17 * Package : net.wmind.container.component 18 * Author : mchaplin@users.sourceforge.net 19 */ 20 package net.mchaplin.ioc.component; 21 22 /*** 23 * The ComponentFactory interface that 24 * Component Factories must implement. 25 * 26 * @author mchaplin@users.sourceforge.net 27 * 28 * $Header: 29 * $Revision: 30 * $Date: 31 * 32 */ 33 public interface ComponentFactoryI { 34 35 /*** 36 * Retrieve an instance of Component 37 * created by this factory. 38 * 39 * @return an instance of ComponentI 40 */ 41 ComponentI retrieveInstance(); 42 }