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package org.drools.core.spi;

import org.drools.core.WorkingMemoryEntryPoint;
import org.drools.core.common.InternalFactHandle;
import org.drools.core.common.InternalWorkingMemory;
import org.drools.core.reteoo.ObjectTypeConf;

/**
 * Factory Interface to return new <code>FactHandle</code>s
 */
public interface FactHandleFactory {
   /**
     * Construct a handle with a new id.
     * 
     * @return The handle.
     */
    InternalFactHandle newFactHandle(Object object,
                                     ObjectTypeConf conf,
                                     InternalWorkingMemory workingMemory,
                                     WorkingMemoryEntryPoint wmEntryPoint );
    
    InternalFactHandle newFactHandle(int id,
                                     Object object,
                                     long recency,
                                     ObjectTypeConf conf,
                                     InternalWorkingMemory workingMemory,
                                     WorkingMemoryEntryPoint wmEntryPoint );
    
    /**
     * Increases the recency of the FactHandle
     * 
     * @param factHandle
     *      The fact handle to have its recency increased.
     */
    void increaseFactHandleRecency(InternalFactHandle factHandle);

    void destroyFactHandle(InternalFactHandle factHandle);

    /**
     * @return a fresh instance of the fact handle factory, with any IDs reset etc.
     */
    FactHandleFactory newInstance();
    
    FactHandleFactory newInstance(int id, long counter);

    Class<?> getFactHandleType();

    int getId();

    long getRecency();

    int getNextId();

    long getNextRecency();
    
    void clear(int id, long counter);
}