1 /**
2 * Copyright 2003-2007 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 {@link CacheManagerEventListener}s. Implementers should
23 * provide their own concrete factory extending this factory. It can then be configured in
24 * ehcache.xml
25 *
26 * @author Greg Luck
27 * @version $Id: CacheManagerEventListenerFactory.java 512 2007-07-10 09:18:45Z gregluck $
28 * @see "http://ehcache.sourceforge.net/documentation/cachemanager_event_listeners.html"
29 */
30 public abstract class CacheManagerEventListenerFactory {
31
32 /**
33 * Create a <code>CacheEventListener</code>
34 *
35 * @param properties implementation specific properties. These are configured as comma
36 * separated name value pairs in ehcache.xml. Properties may be null
37 * @return a constructed CacheManagerEventListener
38 */
39 public abstract CacheManagerEventListener
40 createCacheManagerEventListener(Properties properties);
41 }