1   /*   Copyright 2004 The Apache Software Foundation
    2    *
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   15   
   16   package org.apache.xmlbeans;
   17   
   18   /**
   19    * generic interface to abstract creation of an object
   20    */
   21   public interface ObjectFactory
   22   {
   23       /**
   24        * Given the type, create an object of that type.  Note that the return object
   25        * might be a subclass of type, but should always be an instanceof type.
   26        *
   27        * @param type   type of object to create
   28        * @return  instance
   29        */
   30       Object createObject(Class type);
   31   }