Factory (Commons Collections 3.2.2 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

ConstantFactory, ExceptionFactory, InstantiateFactory
```
public interface Factory
```
Defines a functor interface implemented by classes that create objects.
A Factory creates an object without using an input parameter. If an input parameter is required, then Transformer is more appropriate.
Standard implementations of common factories are provided by FactoryUtils. These include factories that return a constant, a copy of a prototype or a new instance.

Since:

Commons Collections 2.1

Version:

$Revision: 646777 $ $Date: 2008-04-10 14:33:15 +0200 (Thu, 10 Apr 2008) $

Author:

Arron Bates, Stephen Colebourne

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  Object create()
  Create a new object.

- Method Detail
  - create
```
Object create()
```
    Create a new object.
    
    Returns:
    
    a new object
    
    Throws:
    
    FunctorException - (runtime) if the factory cannot create an object