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/* ========================================================================
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* JCommon : a free general purpose class library for the Java(tm) platform
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* ========================================================================
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* (C) Copyright 2000-2005, by Object Refinery Limited and Contributors.
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* Project Info: http://www.jfree.org/jcommon/index.html
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* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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* under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
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* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
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* (at your option) any later version.
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* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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* WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
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* or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public
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* License for more details.
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* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
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* License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
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* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301,
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* [Java is a trademark or registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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* in the United States and other countries.]
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* (C) Copyright 2003-2005, by Thomas Morgner and Contributors.
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* Original Author: Thomas Morgner;
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* Contributor(s): David Gilbert (for Object Refinery Limited);
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* $Id: ObjectFactory.java,v 1.3 2005/10/18 13:33:53 mungady Exp $
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* 22-Nov-2003 : Version 1 (TM);
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package org.jfree.xml.util;
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public interface ObjectFactory {
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* Returns the generic factory for the given class or null, if there is
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* no handler for this class. The factory will be reinitialized using
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* @param c the class for which we need a producer
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* @return the factory for this class
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public GenericObjectFactory getFactoryForClass(Class c);
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* Checks, whether a generic handler exists for the given class. This does
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* not check, whether an mapping exists.
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* @param c the class for which to check
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* @return true, if an generic handler is defined, false otherwise.
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public boolean isGenericHandler(Class c);
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* Returns the multiplex definition for the given class, or null, if no
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* such definition exists.
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* @param c the class for which to check the existence of the multiplexer
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* @return the multiplexer for the class, or null if no multiplexer exists.
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public MultiplexMappingDefinition getMultiplexDefinition(Class c);
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* Returns the manual mapping definition for the given class, or null, if
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* not manual definition exists.
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* @param c the class for which to check the existence of the definition
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* @return the manual mapping definition or null.
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public ManualMappingDefinition getManualMappingDefinition(Class c);