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// checkstyle: Checks Java source code for adherence to a set of rules.
// Copyright (C) 2001-2017 the original author or authors.
//
// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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//
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// Lesser General Public License for more details.
//
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package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle;
import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.CheckstyleException;
/**
* A module factory creates Objects from a given name.
* It's purpose is to map the short names like
* {@code AvoidStarImport} to full class names like
* {@code com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.AvoidStarImportCheck}.
* A ModuleFactory can implement this name resolution by using naming
* conventions, fallback strategies, etc.
*
* @author lkuehne
*/
public interface ModuleFactory {
/**
* Creates a new instance of a class from a given name.
* If the provided module name is a class name an instance of that class
* is returned. If the name is not a class name the ModuleFactory uses
* heuristics to find the corresponding class.
*
* @param name the name of the module, might be a short name
* @return the created module
* @throws CheckstyleException if no module can be instantiated from name
*/
Object createModule(String name) throws CheckstyleException;
}