1 /**
2 * Copyright 2003-2006 Greg Luck
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16
17 package net.sf.ehcache.distribution;
18
19 import net.sf.ehcache.CacheManager;
20
21 import java.util.Properties;
22
23 /**
24 * An abstract factory for creating cache manager peer listeners. Implementers should provide their own
25 * concrete factory extending this factory. It can then be configured in ehcache.xml
26 * <p/>
27 * This enables listener plugins.
28 * @author Greg Luck
29 * @version $Id: CacheManagerPeerListenerFactory.java 52 2006-04-24 14:50:03Z gregluck $
30 */
31 public abstract class CacheManagerPeerListenerFactory {
32
33 /**
34 * Creates a peer provider.
35 * @param cacheManager the CacheManager instance connected to this peer provider
36 * @param properties implementation specific properties. These are configured as comma
37 * separated name value pairs in ehcache.xml
38 * @return a constructed CacheManagerPeerProvider
39 */
40 public abstract CacheManagerPeerListener createCachePeerListener(CacheManager cacheManager, Properties properties);
41
42
43
44 }