001package org.apache.turbine.services.assemblerbroker.util; 002 003 004/* 005 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 006 * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 007 * distributed with this work for additional information 008 * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 009 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 010 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 011 * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 012 * 013 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 014 * 015 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 016 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 017 * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 018 * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 019 * specific language governing permissions and limitations 020 * under the License. 021 */ 022 023 024import org.apache.turbine.modules.Assembler; 025import org.apache.turbine.modules.Loader; 026 027/** 028 * Interface for AssemblerFactory's 029 * 030 * @author <a href="mailto:leon@opticode.co.za">Leon Messerschmidt</a> 031 * @param <T> the specialized assembler type 032 */ 033public interface AssemblerFactory<T extends Assembler> extends Loader<T> 034{ 035 /** 036 * Get the loader for this type of assembler 037 * 038 * @return a Loader 039 */ 040 Loader<T> getLoader(); 041 042 /** 043 * Get the class of this assembler 044 * 045 * @return a class 046 */ 047 Class<T> getManagedClass(); 048}