/* * #! * Ontopia Engine * #- * Copyright (C) 2001 - 2013 The Ontopia Project * #- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. * !# */ package net.ontopia.topicmaps.core; /** * PUBLIC: Factory interface for creating new topic map store * objects.</p> * * Factories are used to make object creation independent of the * specific topic map implementation used. </p> */ public interface TopicMapStoreFactoryIF { /** * PUBLIC: Creates a topic map store object. * * @return An object implementing TopicMapStoreIF */ public TopicMapStoreIF createStore(); }