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.event;
18
19 import java.util.Properties;
20
21 /**
22 * An abstract factory for creating cache manager listeners. Implementers should provide their own
23 * concrete factory extending this factory. It can then be configured in ehcache.xml
24 *
25 * @author Greg Luck
26 * @version $Id: CacheManagerEventListenerFactory.java 28 2006-04-15 05:12:32Z gregluck $
27 */
28 public abstract class CacheManagerEventListenerFactory {
29
30 /**
31 * Create a <code>CacheEventListener</code>
32 *
33 * @param properties implementation specific properties. These are configured as comma
34 * separated name value pairs in ehcache.xml. Properties may be null
35 * @return a constructed CacheManagerEventListener
36 */
37 public abstract CacheManagerEventListener createCacheManagerEventListener(Properties properties);
38
39 }