1 /*
2 * Copyright 2005-2008 Werner Guttmann
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.exolab.castor.builder.printing;
17
18 /**
19 * Factory class to create {@link JClassPrinter} instances.
20 *
21 * @since 1.2.1
22 */
23 public interface JClassPrinterFactory {
24
25 /**
26 * Returns a short name for this {@link JClassPrinterFactory} instance.
27 * @return a short name (used for setting the JClassPrinter type on the {@link SourceGenerator}.
28 *
29 * @see SourceGenerator#setJClassPrinterType(String)
30 */
31 String getName();
32
33 /**
34 * Returns the {@link JClassPrinter} instance as identified by this {@link JClassPrinterFactory}
35 * instance.
36 * @return Returns the actual {@link JClassPrinter} instance
37 */
38 JClassPrinter getJClassPrinter();
39
40 }