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27 package org.collectd.api;
30 * Interface for objects implementing a "target factory".
32 * Objects implementing this interface are used to create objects implementing
33 * the CollectdTargetInterface interface.
35 * @author Florian Forster <octo at collectd.org>
36 * @see CollectdTargetInterface
37 * @see Collectd#registerTarget
39 public interface CollectdTargetFactoryInterface
42 * Create a new "target" object.
44 * This method uses the configuration provided as argument to create a
45 * new object which must implement the {@link CollectdTargetInterface}
48 * This function corresponds to the {@code create} member of the
49 * {@code src/filter_chain.h:target_proc_t} struct.
51 * @return New {@link CollectdTargetInterface} object.
53 public CollectdTargetInterface createTarget (OConfigItem ci);