001// Copyright 2004, 2005 The Apache Software Foundation 002// 003// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 004// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 005// You may obtain a copy of the License at 006// 007// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 008// 009// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 010// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 011// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 012// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 013// limitations under the License. 014 015package org.apache.hivemind.parse; 016 017import org.apache.hivemind.Locatable; 018import org.apache.hivemind.internal.Module; 019import org.apache.hivemind.internal.ServicePoint; 020import org.apache.hivemind.internal.ServiceImplementationConstructor; 021 022/** 023 * Interface for an object that can construct the core implementation for a service. 024 * 025 * @author Howard Lewis Ship 026 */ 027public interface InstanceBuilder extends Locatable 028{ 029 /** 030 * Returns the name of a service model appropriate for the instance that will be 031 * created by the {@link ServiceImplementationConstructor}. 032 */ 033 public String getServiceModel(); 034 035 /** 036 * Returns an instance of {@link ServiceImplementationConstructor} 037 * that will ultimately create the service implementation instance. 038 */ 039 public ServiceImplementationConstructor createConstructor( 040 ServicePoint point, 041 Module contributingModule); 042}