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 }