FilterFactory.java

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package org.eclipse.buckminster.osgi.filter;

import org.eclipse.buckminster.osgi.filter.impl.Parser;
import org.osgi.framework.InvalidSyntaxException;

public class FilterFactory {
	/**
	 * Constructs a {@link Filter} object.
	 * 
	 * <p>
	 * If the filter cannot be parsed, an {@link InvalidSyntaxException} will be
	 * thrown with a human readable message where the filter became unparsable.
	 * 
	 * @param filterString
	 *            the filter string.
	 * @exception InvalidSyntaxException
	 *                If the filter parameter contains an invalid filter string
	 *                that cannot be parsed.
	 */
	public static Filter newInstance(String filterString) throws InvalidSyntaxException {
		return Parser.parse(filterString);
	}
}