Teuchos_AbstractFactory.hpp

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// @HEADER
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//                    Teuchos: Common Tools Package
//
// Copyright 2004 NTESS and the Teuchos contributors.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
// *****************************************************************************
// @HEADER

#ifndef TEUCHOS_ABSTRACT_FACTORY_HPP
#define TEUCHOS_ABSTRACT_FACTORY_HPP

#include "Teuchos_RCP.hpp"

namespace Teuchos {

template<class T>
class AbstractFactory {
public:

#ifndef DOXYGEN_COMPILE

  typedef Teuchos::RCP<T>   obj_ptr_t;
#endif

  virtual ~AbstractFactory() {}

  virtual obj_ptr_t create() const = 0;

}; // class AbstractFactory

} // end Teuchos

#endif // TEUCHOS_ABSTRACT_FACTORY_HPP