1 /*
2 Copyright (C) 2007 Grid Systems, S.A.
3
4 This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
5 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
6 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
7 version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
8
9 This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
12 Lesser General Public License for more details.
13
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
15 License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
16 Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
17 */
18 package nextgrid.api.pom;
19
20 import java.net.URI;
21
22 /**
23 * POMBuilder finder.
24 *
25 * @author Rodrigo Ruiz
26 */
27 public interface GroundingFactory {
28
29 /**
30 * Gets a URI identifying the type of Groundings created through this factory.
31 *
32 * @return A type URI
33 */
34 URI getType();
35
36 /**
37 * Creates a grounding by its URI type.
38 *
39 * @return A new instance of the specified type
40 */
41 Grounding createGrounding();
42 }