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package org.exoplatform.commons.serialization.api.factory;
import java.util.Map;
import org.exoplatform.commons.serialization.model.FieldModel;
/**
* A factory that creates instance of a type.
*
* @author <a href="mailto:julien.viet@exoplatform.com">Julien Viet</a>
* @version $Revision$
* @param <B> the paraemter type of the base type
*/
public abstract class ObjectFactory<B> {
/**
* Instantiate an object based on the provided type. The implementor should take care of configuring the state of the
* returned objet with the provided state map argument.
*
* @param type the type
* @param state the state
* @param <S> the parameter type of the sub type of the base type
* @return the S instance
* @throws CreateException anything wrong that happened during instance creation
*/
public abstract <S extends B> S create(Class<S> type, Map<FieldModel<? super S, ?>, ?> state) throws CreateException;
}