FactoryCreator.java

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 * Copyright 2016 Ben Manes. All Rights Reserved.
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package com.github.benmanes.caffeine.jcache.configuration;

import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
import javax.cache.configuration.Factory;

/**
 * An object capable of providing factories that produce an instance for a given class name.
 *
 * @author ben.manes@gmail.com (Ben Manes)
 */
@FunctionalInterface
public interface FactoryCreator {

  /**
   * Returns a {@link Factory} that will produce instances of the specified class.
   *
   * @param className the fully qualified name of the desired class
   * @param <T> the type of the instances being produced
   * @return a {@link Factory} for the specified class
   */
  @Nonnull
  <T> Factory<T> factoryOf(String className);
}