001/*
002 * jPOS Project [http://jpos.org]
003 * Copyright (C) 2000-2026 jPOS Software SRL
004 *
005 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
006 * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
007 * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
008 * License, or (at your option) any later version.
009 *
010 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
011 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
012 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
013 * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
014 *
015 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
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017 */
018
019package org.jpos.ui;
020
021import org.jdom2.Element;
022
023import javax.swing.*;
024
025/**
026 * UI delegates the creation of UI components to an UIFactory.
027 *
028 * @author Alejandro Revilla
029 */
030public interface UIFactory {
031    /**
032     * Builds a Swing component from the given XML configuration element.
033     *
034     * @param ui parent {@link UI} instance
035     * @param config XML configuration describing the component
036     * @return the constructed Swing component
037     */
038    JComponent create(UI ui, Element config);
039}
040