Instantiator.java

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2012 Jason Gedge <http://www.gedge.ca>
 *
 * This file is part of the OpGraph project.
 * 
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * This program 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 General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
package ca.gedge.opgraph.library.instantiators;

/**
 * An interface for instantiating objects of a specified type (i.e., a factory). 
 * 
 * @param <T>  the type to instantiate
 */
public interface Instantiator<T> {
	/**
	 * Constructs a new instance of the given type.
	 * 
	 * @param params parameters to pass for instantiation
	 * 
	 * @return a new instance of type <code>T</code>
	 * 
	 * @throws InstantiationException  if instantiation fails for any reason
	 */
	public abstract T newInstance(Object... params) throws InstantiationException;
}