001    /*****************************************************************************
002     * Copyright (C) NanoContainer Organization. All rights reserved.            *
003     * ------------------------------------------------------------------------- *
004     * The software in this package is published under the terms of the BSD      *
005     * style license a copy of which has been included with this distribution in *
006     * the LICENSE.txt file.                                                     *
007     *                                                                           *
008     * Original code by Aslak Hellesoy and Paul Hammant                          *
009     *****************************************************************************/
010    
011    package org.nanocontainer.script.xml;
012    
013    import org.picocontainer.PicoContainer;
014    import org.w3c.dom.Element;
015    
016    import java.net.MalformedURLException;
017    
018    /**
019     * Factory that creates instances from DOM Elements
020     *
021     * @author Paul Hammant
022     * @author Marcos Tarruella
023     */
024    public interface XMLComponentInstanceFactory {
025        /**
026         * Creates an instance of an Object from a DOM Element
027         *
028         * @param container
029         * @param element   the DOM Element
030         * @param classLoader
031         * @return An Object instance
032         * @throws ClassNotFoundException
033         */
034        Object makeInstance(PicoContainer container, Element element, ClassLoader classLoader) throws ClassNotFoundException, MalformedURLException;
035    }