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009The Original Code is "ValidationExceptionHandlerFactory.java".  Description: 
010"Interface for creating ValidationExceptionHandler instances." 
011
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0132012.  All Rights Reserved. 
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026package ca.uhn.hl7v2.validation;
027
028import ca.uhn.hl7v2.HapiContext;
029
030/**
031 * This factory is responsible for generating a
032 * {@link ValidationExceptionHandler} instance, which is then used when
033 * validating a message using a {@link DefaultValidator}.
034 * <p>
035 * This allows to to keep the validator itself thread-safe, so it can be concurrently
036 * used e.g. in a Parser.
037 * 
038 * @author Christian Ohr
039 * 
040 * @param <R>
041 * 
042 * @see DefaultValidator#initializeHandler()
043 */
044public interface ValidationExceptionHandlerFactory<R> {
045
046    /**
047     * @param context HAPI context
048     * @return a new instance of a ValidationExceptionHandler
049     */
050    ValidationExceptionHandler<R> getNewInstance(HapiContext context);
051
052}