1 /*
2 ~ Copyright 2006-2007 Nicolas De Loof.
3 ~
4 ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 ~
8 ~ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 ~
10 ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 ~ limitations under the License.
15 */
16 package org.jmonit.spi;
17
18 /**
19 * A factory is used to create monitor plugins instances on demand.
20 *
21 * @author <a href="mailto:nicolas.deloof@gmail.com">Nicolas De Loof</a>
22 */
23 public interface Factory<F>
24 {
25 /**
26 * @return a new plugin instance
27 */
28 Plugin<F> newPluginInstance();
29 }