IServiceFactory.java

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package org.eclipse.jdt.apt.core.internal;

import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;

/**
 * An abstract factory for services such as annotation processors.
 * This abstraction exists because the way a service is instantiated
 * may depend on where it was loaded from as well as what kind of
 * service it is (e.g., Java 6 annotation processors use their class
 * object as a factory; Java 5 processors have an explicit factory
 * object.)
 * @since 3.3
 * @see AnnotationProcessorFactoryLoader
 */
public interface IServiceFactory {
	
	Object newInstance() throws CoreException;
}