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1 | /* | |
2 | * $Id: PropertyFactory.java 10489 2008-01-23 17:53:38Z dfeist $ | |
3 | * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
4 | * Copyright (c) MuleSource, Inc. All rights reserved. http://www.mulesource.com | |
5 | * | |
6 | * The software in this package is published under the terms of the CPAL v1.0 | |
7 | * license, a copy of which has been included with this distribution in the | |
8 | * LICENSE.txt file. | |
9 | */ | |
10 | ||
11 | package org.mule.api.config; | |
12 | ||
13 | import java.util.Map; | |
14 | ||
15 | /** | |
16 | * <code>PropertyFactory</code> is used to create objects from the property file. | |
17 | * PropertyFactories map to <factory-property> elements in the MuleXml config. | |
18 | */ | |
19 | public interface PropertyFactory | |
20 | { | |
21 | /** | |
22 | * Creates a property using code execution. | |
23 | * | |
24 | * @param properties The map of properties preceeding this <factory-property> | |
25 | * @return an object that will become the value of a property with a name that | |
26 | * matches the 'name' attribute on the <factory-property> element. | |
27 | * @throws Exception | |
28 | */ | |
29 | Object create(Map properties) throws Exception; | |
30 | } |