1 /**
2 * Copyright 2007 Björn Voß
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
5 * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
6 * the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
12 * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
13 * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
14 * the License.
15 */
16 package net.sf.oxclient.factory;
17
18 /**
19 * @author Björn Voß
20 *
21 */
22 public interface IBeanFactory {
23
24 /**
25 * Create a instances of the given class.<br>
26 * Implementations may set default properties. Object instances returned by
27 * this method are ready to use and will be filled with values from
28 * Open-Xchange™ through the HTTP-API.<br>
29 *
30 * @param <E>
31 * @param clazz
32 * @return object instance
33 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if this <code>IBeanFactory</code> can't
34 * instantiate the given class
35 */
36 <E> E createNewInstance(Class<E> clazz);
37
38 }