Teuchos_AbstractFactory.hpp

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