| ConsumerRegistryFactory.java |
1 /*
2 * Copyright 2000-2001,2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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15 */
16
17 /*
18
19 */
20
21 package org.apache.wsrp4j.producer;
22
23 import org.apache.wsrp4j.exception.WSRPException;
24 import org.apache.wsrp4j.producer.provider.Provider;
25
26 /**
27 * This class provides an interface to any ConsumerRegistry.
28 *
29 * @author <a href="mailto:stefan.behl@de.ibm.com">Stefan Behl</a>
30 */
31 public interface ConsumerRegistryFactory {
32
33 /**
34 * Returns an instance of ConsumerRegistry by calling the constructor
35 * of the corresponding class implementing the ConsumerRegistry-Interface
36 *
37 * @return ConsumerRegistry An instance of any class implementing the
38 * ConsumerRegistry.
39 */
40 public ConsumerRegistry getConsumerRegistry(Provider provider)
41 throws WSRPException;
42
43 }