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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
11   * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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;
18  
19  import org.opensaml.xml.XMLObjectBuilder;
20  
21  /**
22   * Builder for SAMLObjects.
23   *
24   * @param <SAMLObjectType> the type of SAMLObject being built
25   */
26  public interface SAMLObjectBuilder<SAMLObjectType extends SAMLObject> extends XMLObjectBuilder<SAMLObjectType> {
27  
28      /**
29       * Builds a SAMLObject using the default name and namespace information provided SAML specifications.
30       * 
31       * @return built SAMLObject
32       */
33      public abstract SAMLObjectType buildObject();
34  }