ClassFactory.java

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package org.projectforge.excel;

import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFRow;

/**
 * Interface for dynamically creating objects for a given row in the excel sheet.
 * @param <T> baseclass for the rows
 * 
 * @author Wolfgang Jung (w.jung@micromata.de)
 */
public interface ClassFactory<T>
{
  /**
   * create a new instance of the objectholder for the given row.
   * 
   * @param row the row to convert.
   * @return a new Object for holding the values.
   * @throws InstantiationException @see Class#newInstance()
   * @throws IllegalAccessException @see Class#newInstance()
   */
  public T newInstance(HSSFRow row) throws InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException;
}