http://commons.apache.org/digester/: The Digester package lets you configure an XML to Java object mapping module which triggers certain actions called rules whenever a particular pattern of nested XML elements is recognized. (The Apache Software Foundation)
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/* $Id: AnnotationRuleProviderFactory.java 992719 2010-09-05 07:49:25Z simonetripodi $
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package org.apache.commons.digester.annotations.spi;

import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement;

import org.apache.commons.digester.Rule;
import org.apache.commons.digester.annotations.AnnotationRuleProvider;
import org.apache.commons.digester.annotations.DigesterLoadingException;


An object capable of providing instances of AnnotationRuleProvider. 
Since:2.1
/**
 * An object capable of providing instances of {@link AnnotationRuleProvider}.
 *
 * @since 2.1
 */
public interface AnnotationRuleProviderFactory {

    
Return an AnnotationRuleProvider instance of the specified type. 
Params:
  • type – the class of the object to be returned.
Type parameters:
Throws:
Returns:an instance of the specified class.
/**
     * Return an {@link AnnotationRuleProvider} instance of the specified type.
     *
     * @param <T> the {@link AnnotationRuleProvider} type.
     * @param type the class of the object to be returned.
     * @return an instance of the specified class.
     * @throws DigesterLoadingException if any error occurs while creating the
     *         {@code type} instance.
     */
    <T extends AnnotationRuleProvider<? extends Annotation, ? extends AnnotatedElement, ? extends Rule>>
        T newInstance(Class<T> type) throws DigesterLoadingException;

}