com.aliasi.util
Class Factory<E>

java.lang.Object
  com.aliasi.util.Factory<E>

public abstract class Factory<E>
extends Object

A Factory provides a generic interface for object creation of a specified type. The interface specifies a single method, create(), which returns an object of the factory's type.

Since:

LingPipe2.0

Version:

3.3.1

Author:

Bob Carpenter

Constructor Summary

Factory()

Method Summary

abstract E

create() Return an instance created by this factory.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Factory

public Factory()

Method Detail

create

public abstract E create()

Return an instance created by this factory.

Returns:

An instance.