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    1   /*
    2    * Copyright 2002,2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
    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 org.apache.commons.jelly.expression;
    18
    19  import org.apache.commons.jelly.JellyException;
    20
    21  /*** <p><code>ExpressionFactory</code> is a factory of Expression objects.</p>
    22    *
    23    * @author <a href="mailto:jstrachan@apache.org">James Strachan</a>
    24    * @version $Revision: 155420 $
    25    */
    26  public interface ExpressionFactory {
    27
    28      /***
    29       * Creates a new expression for the given text
    30       */
    31
    32      public Expression createExpression(String text) throws JellyException;
    33
    34  }