1 /*
2 * Copyright (c) 2003-2008 by Cosylab d. d.
3 *
4 * This file is part of Java-Common.
5 *
6 * Java-Common is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
7 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
8 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
9 * (at your option) any later version.
10 *
11 * Java-Common is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
14 * GNU General Public License for more details.
15 *
16 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
17 * along with Java-Common. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
18 */
19
20 package com.cosylab.util;
21
22 /**
23 * <code>ObjectFatory</code> is a factory used by <code>ObjectPool</code> when
24 * pool is empty and needs to create new instance of
25 * <code>PoolableObject</code>
26 *
27 * @author <a href="mailto:andrej.kosmrlj@cosylab.com">Andrej Kosmrlj</a>
28 * @version $Id: ObjectFactory.java,v 1.3 2008-04-22 12:26:29 jbobnar Exp $
29 *
30 * @since VERSION
31 */
32 public interface ObjectFactory
33 {
34 /**
35 * New instance of <code>PoolableObject</code>
36 *
37 * @return
38 */
39 public PoolableObject newInstance();
40 }
41
42 /* __oOo__ */