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package org.apache.wicket.security.hive.config;
import org.apache.wicket.security.hive.Hive;
import org.apache.wicket.security.hive.HiveMind;
/**
* HiveFactory creates {@link Hive}s to be registered by the {@link HiveMind}.
* For instance there could be Hives that read the system policy from a file,
* while others read it from a database.
*
* @author marrink
*
*/
public interface HiveFactory
{
/**
* Creates a new Hive according to the configuration (if any) of this
* factory. The factory is free to return null or throw an exception if an
* unrecoverable problem arises.
*
* @return the new Hive.
*/
public Hive createHive();
}