1 /*
2 * Copyright (C) Christian Schulte <cs@schulte.it>, 2015-018
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27 *
28 * $JOMC: ServiceFactory.java 5051 2015-05-30 17:29:32Z schulte $
29 *
30 */
31 package org.jomc.modlet;
32
33 /**
34 * {@code Service} factory interface.
35 *
36 * @author <a href="mailto:cs@schulte.it">Christian Schulte</a>
37 * @version $JOMC: ServiceFactory.java 5051 2015-05-30 17:29:32Z schulte $
38 * @see ModelContext#createServiceObjects(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.lang.Class)
39 * @since 1.9
40 */
41 public interface ServiceFactory
42 {
43
44 /**
45 * Gets the ordinal number of the factory.
46 *
47 * @return The ordinal number of the factory.
48 */
49 int getOrdinal();
50
51 /**
52 * Creates a new service object.
53 *
54 * @param context The context to create a new service object with.
55 * @param service The service to create a new object of.
56 * @param type The class of the type of the service object.
57 * @param <T> The type of the service object.
58 *
59 * @return An new service object for {@code service} or {@code null}, if the factory is not responsible for creating
60 * service objects of {@code type}.
61 *
62 * @throws NullPointerException if {@code context}, {@code service} or {@code type} is {@code null}.
63 * @throws ModelException if creating the service object fails.
64 */
65 <T> T createServiceObject( ModelContext context, Service service, Class<T> type )
66 throws NullPointerException, ModelException;
67
68 }