001    /**
002     * Copyright 2005-2015 The Kuali Foundation
003     *
004     * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005     * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006     * You may obtain a copy of the License at
007     *
008     * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl2.php
009     *
010     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011     * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
012     * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
013     * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
014     * limitations under the License.
015     */
016    package org.kuali.rice.kew.engine;
017    
018    /**
019     * A factory that constructs new Workflow Engines. 
020     * 
021     * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
022     */
023    public interface WorkflowEngineFactory {
024    
025        /**
026         * Constructs a new WorkflowEngine instance using the passed in orchestration
027         * configuration. 
028         * 
029         * @param config
030         * @return <E> a generic type that extends WorkflowEngine 
031         */
032        public <E extends WorkflowEngine> E newEngine(OrchestrationConfig config);
033        
034    }