001/* $Id: AnnotationRuleProviderFactory.java 992719 2010-09-05 07:49:25Z simonetripodi $
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018package org.apache.commons.digester.annotations.spi;
019
020import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
021import java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement;
022
023import org.apache.commons.digester.Rule;
024import org.apache.commons.digester.annotations.AnnotationRuleProvider;
025import org.apache.commons.digester.annotations.DigesterLoadingException;
026
027/**
028 * An object capable of providing instances of {@link AnnotationRuleProvider}.
029 *
030 * @since 2.1
031 */
032public interface AnnotationRuleProviderFactory {
033
034    /**
035     * Return an {@link AnnotationRuleProvider} instance of the specified type.
036     *
037     * @param <T> the {@link AnnotationRuleProvider} type.
038     * @param type the class of the object to be returned.
039     * @return an instance of the specified class.
040     * @throws DigesterLoadingException if any error occurs while creating the
041     *         {@code type} instance.
042     */
043    <T extends AnnotationRuleProvider<? extends Annotation, ? extends AnnotatedElement, ? extends Rule>>
044        T newInstance(Class<T> type) throws DigesterLoadingException;
045
046}