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 }