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* Contributors:
* IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
*******************************************************************************/
package net.sourceforge.phpdt.core;
/**
* A factory that creates IBuffer
s for openables.
*
* This interface may be implemented by clients. *
* @since 2.0 */ public interface IBufferFactory { /** * Creates a buffer for the given owner. * The new buffer will be initialized with the contents of the owner * if and only if it was not already initialized by the factory (a buffer is uninitialized if * its content isnull
).
*
* @param owner the owner of the buffer
* @see IBuffer
*/
IBuffer createBuffer(IOpenable owner);
}