DataGridFactory.java

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package org.apache.brooklyn.core.internal.storage;

import org.apache.brooklyn.core.mgmt.internal.ManagementContextInternal;

/**
 * A factory for creating a {@link DataGrid}.
 *
 * Implementations of this interface should have a public no arg constructor; this constructor will be
 * called through reflection in the {@link org.apache.brooklyn.core.mgmt.internal.LocalManagementContext}.
 */
public interface DataGridFactory {

    /**
     * Creates a {@link BrooklynStorage} instance.
     *
     * @param managementContext the ManagementContextInternal
     * @return the created BrooklynStorage.
     */
    DataGrid newDataGrid(ManagementContextInternal managementContext);
}