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1   /*
2    * Copyright [2005] [University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development, Inc.]
3    *
4    * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5    * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6    * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7    *
8    * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9    *
10   * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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12   * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13   * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14   * limitations under the License.
15   */
16  
17  package org.opensaml.common.impl;
18  
19  import org.opensaml.common.SAMLObject;
20  import org.opensaml.common.SAMLObjectBuilder;
21  import org.opensaml.xml.AbstractXMLObjectBuilder;
22  
23  /**
24   * Base builder for {@link org.opensaml.common.SAMLObject}s.
25   * 
26   * @param <SAMLObjectType> the SAML object type built
27   */
28  public abstract class AbstractSAMLObjectBuilder<SAMLObjectType extends SAMLObject> extends
29          AbstractXMLObjectBuilder<SAMLObjectType> implements SAMLObjectBuilder<SAMLObjectType> {
30  
31      /**
32       * Builds a SAMLObject using the default name and namespace information provided SAML specifications.
33       * 
34       * @return built SAMLObject
35       */
36      public abstract SAMLObjectType buildObject();
37  }