// -*-C++-*- 

/*  inc/ObjectFactory.hpp  */

/*
 * Author: Philogelos A. <Philogelos@yahoo.com>
 * Maintainer: Philogelos A.
 * Keywords: C++, library, containers
 *
 * Copyright (C) 1999 Philogelos A.
 *
 * This file is part of Quercus Robusta.
 *
 * Quercus Robusta is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
 * any later version.
 *
 * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU Library General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
 * along with this software; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to the
 * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
 * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 *
 */



#ifndef __OBJECTFACTORY_HPP__
#define __OBJECTFACTORY_HPP__

/* $Id$ */

#include "AbstractFactory.hpp"
#include "Object.hpp"
#include "defines.h"

/**
   Factory producing instances by cloning
   given object.

   @author Philogelos
   @created
*/
class ObjectFactory : public AbstractFactory,
					  public virtual Object
{

  /**
	 @precond( aMatrix != nil )
   */
public: ObjectFactory( const Top *aMatrix );

  /**
   */
public: virtual ~ObjectFactory();

public: virtual Top *create();

  /**
   */
public:  virtual boolean equals( const Top *anOther ) const;

  /**
   */
public:  virtual Top *clone() const;

  /**
   */
public:  virtual String  toString() const;

  /**
   */
public:  virtual String  getClassName() const;

protected: const Top *matrix;
};

/* $Log$ */

/* __OBJECTFACTORY_HPP__ */
#endif