BuildingBlockFactory.java

/**
    @contributor(s): Erlend Stav (SINTEF)

	Copyright 2012 SINTEF, http://www.sintef.no
	
	This software was developed in the UbiCompForAll project.
	
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package org.ubicompforall.simplelanguage.runtime;

import org.ubicompforall.simplelanguage.BuildingBlock;
import org.ubicompforall.simplelanguage.Condition;
import org.ubicompforall.simplelanguage.Step;
import org.ubicompforall.simplelanguage.Trigger;

public interface BuildingBlockFactory {

	/**
	 * Create an instance of a building block based on the descriptor provided.
	 * The new building block will be initialized with a call to setBuildingBlock
	 * before the instance is returned from the factory. 
	 * @param buildingBlock
	 * @return The new building block instance, with its buildingBlock property set
	 */
	public BuildingBlockInstance createBuildingBlock(BuildingBlock buildingBlock);
	
	public StepInstance createStep(Step step);
	
	public ConditionInstance createCondition(Condition condition);
	
	public TriggerMonitor createTriggerMonitor(Trigger trigger);

}