// GenericsNote: Converted.
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package php.runtime.common.collections;
/**
* Defines a functor interface implemented by classes that create objects.
* <p/>
* A <code>Factory</code> creates an object without using an input parameter.
* If an input parameter is required, then {@link } is more appropriate.
* <p/>
* Standard implementations of common factories are provided by
* {@link FactoryUtils}. These __include factories that return a constant,
* a copy of a prototype or a new instance.
*
* @author Arron Bates
* @author Matt Hall, John Watkinson, Stephen Colebourne
* @version $Revision: 1.1 $ $Date: 2005/10/11 17:05:19 $
* @since Commons Collections 2.1
*/
public interface Factory <T> {
/**
* Create a new object.
*
* @return a new object
* @throws FunctorException (runtime) if the factory cannot create an object
*/
public T create();
}