1 package org.e2etrace.trace;
2
3 /*
4 * Copyright 2006 Gunther Popp
5 *
6 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
7 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
8 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
9 *
10 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
11 *
12 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
13 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
14 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
15 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
16 * limitations under the License.
17 */
18
19 /**
20 * Factory for {@link org.e2etrace.trace.ITraceStep} instances.
21 * <p>
22 *
23 * @author Gunther Popp
24 */
25 public interface ITraceStepFactory {
26
27 /**
28 * Returns a new trace step instance using the given id.
29 *
30 * @param id if of the new trace step
31 *
32 * @return Trace step instance
33 */
34 ITraceStep newInstance(ITraceStepId id);
35 }