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| package com.sun.corba.se.spi.ior; |
| |
| import org.omg.CORBA_2_3.portable.InputStream ; |
| |
| /** Interface used to manage a group of related IdentifiableFactory instances. |
| * Factories can be registered, and invoked through a create method, which |
| * must be implemented to handle the case of no registered factory |
| * appropriately. |
| * @author Ken Cavanaugh |
| */ |
| public interface IdentifiableFactoryFinder |
| { |
| /** If there is a registered factory for id, use it to |
| * read an Identifiable from is. Otherwise create an |
| * appropriate generic container, or throw an error. |
| * The type of generic container, or error behavior is |
| * a property of the implementation. |
| */ |
| Identifiable create(int id, InputStream is); |
| |
| /** Register a factory for the given id. |
| */ |
| void registerFactory( IdentifiableFactory factory ) ; |
| } |