org.apache.commons.collections

## Interface Factory

- 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

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and 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

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