Renaming 'exp' to 'incubator'.
Change-Id: I184f756b463dce31634410f4f3bf180cbe6c8adb
diff --git a/incubator/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/incubator/net/config/ConfigFactory.java b/incubator/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/incubator/net/config/ConfigFactory.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * 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.onosproject.incubator.net.config;
+
+
+/**
+ * Base abstract factory for creating configurations for the specified subject type.
+ *
+ * @param <S> subject class
+ */
+public abstract class ConfigFactory<S> {
+
+ private final Class<S> subjectClass;
+ private final String key;
+
+ /**
+ * Creates a new configuration factory for the specified class of subjects
+ * and bound to the given subject configuration key.
+ *
+ * @param subjectClass subject class
+ * @param key subject configuration key
+ */
+ protected ConfigFactory(Class<S> subjectClass, String key) {
+ this.subjectClass = subjectClass;
+ this.key = key;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the class of the subject to which this factory applies.
+ *
+ * @return subject type
+ */
+ public Class<S> subjectClass() {
+ return subjectClass;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the key to which produced configurations should be bound.
+ *
+ * @return subject configuration key
+ */
+ public String key() {
+ return key;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Creates a new but uninitialized configuration. Framework will initialize
+ * the configuration via {@link Config#init} method.
+ *
+ * @return new uninitialized configuration
+ */
+ public abstract Config<S> createConfig();
+
+}