Cargo

/**
 * Allow finding a Configuration's capability by container id and type.
 *
 * @version $Id: ContainerCapabilityFactory.java 884 2006-02-27 21:58:13Z vmassol $
 */
public interface ConfigurationCapabilityFactory
{
    /**
     * @param containerId the id of the container to register against
     * @param type the configuration type under which the capability should be registered
     * @param configurationCapabilityClass the confoiguration capability implementation class to
     *        register
     */
    void registerConfigurationCapability(String containerId, ConfigurationType type,
        Class configurationCapabilityClass);

    /**
     * Create a {@link org.codehaus.cargo.container.configuration.ConfigurationCapability} instance.
     *
     * @param containerId the container id associated with the configuration capability
     * @param type the configuration type associated with the capability
     * @return the configuration capability instance matching the parameter passed
     */
    ConfigurationCapability createConfigurationCapability(String containerId,
        ConfigurationType type);
}