/*
* GeoTools - The Open Source Java GIS Toolkit
* http://geotools.org
*
* (C) 2002-2008, Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo)
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
* version 2.1 of the License.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*/
package org.geotools.xml;
import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
/**
* Creates the binding for a qualified name.
* <p>
* An instance of this factory is placed in the context and available to
* bindings via constructor injection.
* </p>
* @author Justin Deoliveira, The Open Planning Project
*
*
*
* @source $URL$
*/
public interface BindingFactory {
/**
* Creates the binding from a qualified name.
* <p>
* Example usage.
* <pre>
* //Load the binding for xs int
* QName name = new QName( "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema", "int" );
* Binding binding = bindingFactory.createBinding( name );
* </pre>
* </p>
*
* @param name The qualified name of a schema type, element, or attribute.
*
* @return The binding for <code>name</code>, or <code>null</code>.
*/
Binding createBinding(QName name);
}