001 /* 002 * Copyright 2005 Stephen J. McConnell. 003 * 004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 007 * 008 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 009 * 010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or 013 * implied. 014 * 015 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 016 * limitations under the License. 017 */ 018 019 package net.dpml.appliance; 020 021 import java.io.IOException; 022 import java.net.URLConnection; 023 024 /** 025 * Interface implementated by appliance factories. 026 * 027 * @author <a href="http://www.dpml.net">Digital Product Management Laboratory</a> 028 * @version 2.0.1 029 */ 030 public interface ApplianceFactory 031 { 032 /** 033 * Create a new appliance using the supplied url connection and partition. 034 * @param connection the URL connection 035 * @param partition an optional partition name 036 * @return the appliance 037 * @exception IOException if an IO error occurs 038 */ 039 Appliance newAppliance( URLConnection connection, String partition ) throws IOException; 040 } 041