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.service; 016 017/** 018 * Service used when dynamically creating new classes. 019 * 020 * @author Howard Lewis Ship 021 */ 022public interface ClassFactory 023{ 024 /** 025 * Creates a {@link ClassFab} object for the given name; the new class is a subclass of the 026 * indicated class. The new class is public and concrete. 027 * <p> 028 * <b>Incompatible change from 1.0: The module parameter has been removed. </b> 029 * 030 * @param name 031 * the full qualified name of the class to create 032 * @param superClass 033 * the parent class, which is often java.lang.Object 034 */ 035 036 public ClassFab newClass(String name, Class superClass); 037 038 /** 039 * Creates a new {@link org.apache.hivemind.service.InterfaceFab} object with the given name. 040 * 041 * @since 1.1 042 */ 043 044 public InterfaceFab newInterface(String name); 045}