/*
* Mojito Distributed Hash Table (Mojito DHT)
* Copyright (C) 2006-2007 LimeWire LLC
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
*/
package org.limewire.mojito.db;
import org.limewire.mojito.exceptions.DHTValueException;
import org.limewire.mojito.routing.Version;
/**
* Defines a factory interface to create a <code>DHTValue</code>.
*/
public interface DHTValueFactory<T extends DHTValue> {
/**
* Creates a <code>DHTValue</code>.
*
* @param type the type of the value
* @param version the version of the value
* @param value the actual value
*/
public T createDHTValue(DHTValueType type,
Version version, byte[] value) throws DHTValueException;
}