factory.java

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/*
 * LingPipe v. 3.5
 * Copyright (C) 2003-2008 Alias-i
 *
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 * Royalty Free License Version 1 for more details.
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 */

package com.aliasi.util;

/**
 * A <code>Factory</code> provides a generic interface for object
 * creation of a specified type.  The interface specifies a single
 * method, {@link #create()}, which returns an object of the factory's
 * type.
 *
 * @author  Bob Carpenter
 * @version 3.3.1
 * @since   LingPipe2.0
 */
public abstract class Factory<E> {

    /**
     * Return an instance created by this factory.
     *
     * @return An instance.
     */
    public abstract E create();

}