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package org.apache.tomcat.util.digester;
import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
/**
* <p>
* Interface for use with {@link FactoryCreateRule}. The rule calls {@link #createObject} to create an object to be
* pushed onto the <code>Digester</code> stack whenever it is matched.
* </p>
* <p>
* {@link AbstractObjectCreationFactory} is an abstract implementation suitable for creating anonymous
* <code>ObjectCreationFactory</code> implementations.
*/
public interface ObjectCreationFactory {
/**
* Factory method called by {@link FactoryCreateRule} to supply an object based on the element's attributes.
*
* @param attributes the element's attributes
*
* @return the created object
*
* @throws Exception any exception thrown will be propagated upwards
*/
Object createObject(Attributes attributes) throws Exception;
/**
* @return the {@link Digester} that was set by the {@link FactoryCreateRule} upon initialization.
*/
Digester getDigester();
/**
* Set the {@link Digester} to allow the implementation to do logging, classloading based on the digester's
* classloader, etc.
*
* @param digester parent Digester object
*/
void setDigester(Digester digester);
}