001    // Copyright 2007 The Apache Software Foundation
002    //
003    // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
004    // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
005    // You may obtain a copy of the License at
006    //
007    //     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
008    //
009    // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
010    // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
011    // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
012    // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
013    // limitations under the License.
014    
015    package org.apache.hivemind.definition;
016    
017    /**
018     * Factory for the creation of a {@link ConfigurationParser}.
019     * 
020     * @author Huegen
021     */
022    public interface ConfigurationParserConstructor
023    {
024        /**
025         * Constructs a parser instance.
026         * @param context  provides access to elements of the registry which are needed for the construction.
027         * @return  the parser 
028         */
029        public ConfigurationParser constructParser(ConstructionContext context);
030    }