001/* $Id: DigesterLoaderHandlerFactory.java 992060 2010-09-02 19:09:47Z simonetripodi $
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018package org.apache.commons.digester.annotations.spi;
019
020import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
021import java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement;
022
023import org.apache.commons.digester.annotations.DigesterLoaderHandler;
024import org.apache.commons.digester.annotations.DigesterLoadingException;
025
026/**
027 * An object capable of providing instances of {@link DigesterLoaderHandler}.
028 *
029 * @since 2.1
030 */
031public interface DigesterLoaderHandlerFactory {
032
033    /**
034     * Return an instance of the specified type.
035     *
036     * @param <L>
037     * @param type the class of the object to be returned.
038     * @return an instance of the specified class.
039     * @throws DigesterLoadingException if any error occurs while creating the
040     *         {@code type} instance.
041     */
042    <L extends DigesterLoaderHandler<? extends Annotation, ? extends AnnotatedElement>> L newInstance(
043            Class<L> type) throws DigesterLoadingException;
044
045}