001 /***************************************************************************** 002 * Copyright (C) NanoContainer Organization. All rights reserved. * 003 * ------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 004 * The software in this package is published under the terms of the BSD * 005 * style license a copy of which has been included with this distribution in * 006 * the LICENSE.txt file. * 007 * * 008 * Original code by Aslak Hellesoy and Paul Hammant * 009 *****************************************************************************/ 010 011 package org.nanocontainer.script.xml; 012 013 import org.picocontainer.PicoContainer; 014 import org.w3c.dom.Element; 015 016 import java.net.MalformedURLException; 017 018 /** 019 * Factory that creates instances from DOM Elements 020 * 021 * @author Paul Hammant 022 * @author Marcos Tarruella 023 */ 024 public interface XMLComponentInstanceFactory { 025 /** 026 * Creates an instance of an Object from a DOM Element 027 * 028 * @param container 029 * @param element the DOM Element 030 * @param classLoader 031 * @return An Object instance 032 * @throws ClassNotFoundException 033 */ 034 Object makeInstance(PicoContainer container, Element element, ClassLoader classLoader) throws ClassNotFoundException, MalformedURLException; 035 }