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// **********************************************************************
//
// Copyright (c) 2001
// ZeroC, Inc.
// Huntsville, AL, USA
//
// All Rights Reserved
//
// **********************************************************************
#ifndef ICE_OBJECT_FACTORY_ICE
#define ICE_OBJECT_FACTORY_ICE
module Ice
{
/**
*
* A factory for objects. Object factories are used in several
* places, for example, for receiving "objects by value" or for the
* [Freeze] module. Object factories must be implemented by the
* application writer, and installed with the communicator.
*
* @see Freeze
* @see UserExceptionFactory
*
**/
local interface ObjectFactory
{
/**
*
* Create a new object for a given object type. The type is the
* absolute Slice type name, i.e., the the name relative to the
* unnamed top-level Slice module. For example, the absolute Slice
* type name for objects for interfaces of type [Bar] in the
* module [Foo] is [::Foo::Bar].
*
* <note><para>The leading "[::]" is required.</para></note>
*
* @param type The object type.
*
* @return The object created for the given type.
*
**/
Object create(string type);
/**
*
* Called when the factory is removed from the communicator, or if
* the communicator is destroyed.
*
* @see Communicator::removeObjectFactory
* @see Communicator::destroy
*
**/
void destroy();
};
};
#endif
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