OperationAgentBuilder.java

/* OperationAgentBuilder.java

	Purpose:
		
	Description:
		
	History:
		Mar 20, 2012 Created by pao

Copyright (C) 2011 Potix Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
 */
package org.zkoss.zats.mimic.impl;

import org.zkoss.zats.mimic.Agent;
import org.zkoss.zats.mimic.operation.OperationAgent;

/**
 * Create an {@link OperationAgent} object for one or a group of ZK components.
 * 
 * @author pao
 * @author dennis
 */
public interface OperationAgentBuilder<A extends Agent,O extends OperationAgent> {
	
	/**
	 * This method create and return a specific implementation of {@link OperationAgent} object for specified OperationAgent class.
	 * Similar to factory pattern.
	 * @param agent
	 * @return the operation agent
	 */
	O getOperation(A agent);

	/**
	 * Provide class information for registration.
	 * 
	 * @return a sub-class of {@link OperationAgent} 
	 */
	Class<O> getOperationClass();
}