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alfresco-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/traitextender/ExtensionFactory.java
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/*
* Copyright (C) 2005-2015 Alfresco Software Limited.
*
* This file is part of Alfresco
*
* Alfresco is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* Alfresco 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* along with Alfresco. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
*/
package org.alfresco.traitextender;
/**
* Creates extension instances for given {@link Trait}s and
* {@link ExtensionPoint}s.
*
* @author Bogdan Horje
*/
public interface ExtensionFactory<E>
{
<T extends Trait> E createExtension(T trait);
/**
* @param point
* @return <code>true</code> if the given extensio-point API elements are
* compatible with the returned extension (i.e. the given extension
* API is assignable form the type of the extension created by this
* factory and the {@link Trait} accepted as aparameter in
* {@link #createExtension(Trait)} is assignable from the type of
* the given trait API).
*/
boolean canCreateExtensionFor(ExtensionPoint<?, ?> point);
}