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+/**
+ * $RCSfile$
+ * $Revision$
+ * $Date$
+ *
+ * Copyright 2008 Jive Software.
+ *
+ * All rights reserved. Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.jivesoftware.smackx.commands;
+
+/**
+ * A factory for creating local commands. It's useful in cases where instantiation
+ * of a command is more complicated than just using the default constructor. For example,
+ * when arguments must be passed into the constructor or when using a dependency injection
+ * framework. When a LocalCommandFactory isn't used, you can provide the AdHocCommandManager
+ * a Class object instead. For more details, see
+ * {@link AdHocCommandManager#registerCommand(String, String, LocalCommandFactory)}. 
+ *
+ * @author Matt Tucker
+ */
+public interface LocalCommandFactory {
+
+    /**
+     * Returns an instance of a LocalCommand.
+     *
+     * @return a LocalCommand instance.
+     * @throws InstantiationException if creating an instance failed.
+     * @throws IllegalAccessException if creating an instance is not allowed.
+     */
+    public LocalCommand getInstance() throws InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException;
+
+}
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