WrapperFactory.java

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 * Copyright (c) 2013 Rene Schneider, GEBIT Solutions GmbH and others.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
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package de.gebit.integrity.wrapper;

import de.gebit.integrity.dsl.CustomOperation;
import de.gebit.integrity.dsl.MethodReference;
import de.gebit.integrity.fixtures.FixtureWrapper;
import de.gebit.integrity.operations.custom.CustomOperationWrapper;

/**
 * The wrapper factory is responsible for the actual creation of the {@link FixtureWrapper} and
 * {@link CustomOperationWrapper} instances. This also includes instantiation of the fixture/operation classes.
 * 
 * @author Rene Schneider - initial API and implementation
 * 
 */
public interface WrapperFactory {

	/**
	 * Creates a new {@link FixtureWrapper} for the given {@link MethodReference}.
	 * 
	 * @param aFixtureMethodRef
	 *            the fixture method to instantiate
	 * @return the {@link FixtureWrapper} instance
	 * @throws ClassNotFoundException
	 * @throws InstantiationException
	 * @throws IllegalAccessException
	 */
	FixtureWrapper<?> newFixtureWrapper(MethodReference aFixtureMethodRef) throws ClassNotFoundException,
			InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException;

	/**
	 * Creates a new {@link CustomOperationWrapper} for the given {@link CustomOperation}.
	 * 
	 * @param anOperation
	 *            the operation to instantiate
	 * @return the {@link CustomOperationWrapper} instance
	 * @throws ClassNotFoundException
	 */
	CustomOperationWrapper newCustomOperationWrapper(CustomOperation anOperation) throws ClassNotFoundException;

}