/*
  (c) Copyright 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
  [See end of file]
  $Id: Implementation.java,v 1.10 2008/01/02 12:09:11 andy_seaborne Exp $
*/

package com.hp.hpl.jena.enhanced;
import com.hp.hpl.jena.graph.*;

/**
 * <p>
 * Interface defining a generic factory interface for generating enhanced nodes
 * from normal graph nodes. Implementation classes should have a public final 
 * member variable called factory of this type.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:Jeremy.Carroll@hp.com">Jeremy Carroll</a> (original code)<br>
 *         <a href="mailto:Chris.Dollin@hp.com">Chris Dollin</a> (original code)<br>
 *         <a href="mailto:Ian.Dickinson@hp.com">Ian Dickinson</a> (refactoring and commentage)
 */
public abstract class Implementation {

     /** 
      * Create a new EnhNode wrapping a Node in the context of an EnhGraph
      * @param node The node to be wrapped
      * @param eg The graph containing the node
      * @return A new enhanced node which wraps node but presents the interface(s)
      *         that this factory encapsulates.
      */
     public abstract EnhNode wrap( Node node,EnhGraph eg );
     
     /**
        true iff wrapping (node, eg) would succeed.
        @param node the node to test for suitability
        @param eg the enhanced graph the node appears in
        @return true iff the node can represent our type in that graph
     */
     public abstract boolean canWrap( Node node, EnhGraph eg );
     
}

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