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 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
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package net.sourceforge.phpdt.core;

/**
 * A factory that creates <code>IBuffer</code>s for openables.
 * <p>
 * This interface may be implemented by clients.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @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 is
	 * <code>null</code>).
	 * 
	 * @param owner
	 *            the owner of the buffer
	 * @see IBuffer
	 */
	IBuffer createBuffer(IOpenable owner);
}