InstallEnvironmentFactory.java

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package org.eclipse.virgo.kernel.install.environment;

import org.eclipse.virgo.kernel.install.artifact.InstallArtifact;

/**
 * {@link InstallEnvironmentFactory} is used to create {@link InstallEnvironment InstallEnvironments}.
 * <p />
 * 
 * <strong>Concurrent Semantics</strong><br />
 * 
 * Implementations of this interface must be thread safe.
 * 
 */
public interface InstallEnvironmentFactory {

    /**
     * Returns a new {@link InstallEnvironment}.
     * 
     * @param installArtifact the root {@link InstallArtifact} being installed
     * @return an <code>InstallEnvironment</code>
     */
    InstallEnvironment createInstallEnvironment(InstallArtifact installArtifact);

}