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1   /*
2    * Copyright 2006 - 2012 Christina Bohk and Roland Ewald
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 p3j.simulation.assignments.plugintype;
17  
18  import james.core.factories.Factory;
19  import james.core.parameters.ParameterBlock;
20  
21  /**
22   * Base class for {@link IParamAssignmentGenerator} factories.
23   * 
24   * @author Christina Bohk
25   * @author Roland Ewald
26   */
27  public abstract class ParamAssignmentGenFactory extends Factory {
28  
29    /**
30     * Serialization ID.
31     */
32    private static final long serialVersionUID = -3123446562383771745L;
33  
34    /**
35     * Creates an {@link IParamAssignmentGenerator} instance.
36     * 
37     * @param params
38     *          parameters for creating the instance
39     * @return a new generator
40     */
41    public abstract IParamAssignmentGenerator create(ParameterBlock params);
42  
43  }