MonoRail/Castle.MonoRail.Framework/Services/IViewComponentFactory.cs

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  14
  15 namespace Castle.MonoRail.Framework
  16 {
  17         using System;
  18
  19         /// <summary>
  20         /// Depicts the contract used by the view engine
  21         /// to obtain implementations of <see cref="ViewComponent"/>.
  22         /// </summary>
  23         public interface IViewComponentFactory
  24         {
  25                 /// <summary>
  26                 /// Creates the specified name.
  27                 /// </summary>
  28                 /// <param name="name">The name.</param>
  29                 /// <returns></returns>
  30                 ViewComponent Create(String name);
  31
  32                 /// <summary>
  33                 /// Gets the registry.
  34                 /// </summary>
  35                 /// <remarks>
  36                 /// Exposing it here is a hack, and I really don't like the
  37                 /// design of the viewcomponent factory and its relation with the registry.
  38                 /// However, I can't refactor it now.
  39                 /// </remarks>
  40                 /// <value>The registry.</value>
  41                 IViewComponentRegistry Registry { get; }
  42         }
  43 }