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014
015package org.apache.hivemind;
016
017/**
018 * Interface for an object that can create a service's core implementation.
019 * 
020 * @author Howard Lewis Ship
021 */
022public interface ServiceImplementationFactory
023{
024    /**
025     * Creates a core implementation object for a particular service extension point. Typically, the
026     * factory creates an instance and modifies it to implement the necessary interface (in much the
027     * same way that an {@link ServiceInterceptorFactory} would). <b>Incompatible change from 1.0: A
028     * long list of individual parameters have been collapsed down into the factoryParameters. </b>
029     * 
030     * @param factoryParameters
031     *            provides the information about the service necessary to construct the service.
032     */
033    public Object createCoreServiceImplementation(
034            ServiceImplementationFactoryParameters factoryParameters);
035}