//
// Copyright (C) 2011 United States Government as represented by the
// Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
// (NASA). All Rights Reserved.
//
// This software is distributed under the NASA Open Source Agreement
// (NOSA), version 1.3. The NOSA has been approved by the Open Source
// Initiative. See the file NOSA-1.3-JPF at the top of the distribution
// directory tree for the complete NOSA document.
//
// THE SUBJECT SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF ANY
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package gov.nasa.jpf.util.json;
import de.fosd.typechef.featureexpr.FeatureExpr;
import gov.nasa.jpf.vm.MJIEnv;
/**
* Creates new JPF from JSON value.
* @author Ivan Mushketik
*/
interface Creator {
/**
* Create new object, according to read value.
* @param env - MJI environment
* @param typeName - name of the new object's type
* @param value - value read from JSON document
* @return reference to the new object
*/
public int create(FeatureExpr ctx, MJIEnv env, String typeName, Value value);
}