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 peers. Implementers should provide their own
25 * concrete factory extending this factory. It can then be configured in ehcache.xml
26 * @author Greg Luck
27 * @version $Id: CacheManagerPeerProviderFactory.java 52 2006-04-24 14:50:03Z gregluck $
28 */
29 public abstract class CacheManagerPeerProviderFactory {
30
31 /**
32 * Create a peer provider.
33 * @param cacheManager the CacheManager instance connected to this peer provider
34 * @param properties implementation specific properties. These are configured as comma
35 * separated name value pairs in ehcache.xml
36 * @return a constructed CacheManagerPeerProvider
37 */
38 public abstract CacheManagerPeerProvider createCachePeerProvider(CacheManager cacheManager, Properties properties);
39
40
41
42 }