ModelLoaderFactory.java revision ac28599e2b40e0dd6b97f6a91849585531264622 
1package com.bumptech.glide.load.model;
2
3import android.content.Context;
4
5/**
6 * An interface for creating a {@link ModelLoader} for a given model type. Will be retained statically so should not
7 * retain {@link Context} or any other objects that cannot be retained for the life of the application. ModelLoaders
8 * will not be retained statically so it is safe for any ModelLoader built by this factory to retain a reference to a
9 * {@link Context}.
10 */
11public interface ModelLoaderFactory<T, Y> {
12
13    /**
14     * Build a concrete ModelLoader for this model type.
15     *
16     * @param context A context that cannot be retained by the factory but can be retained by the {@link ModelLoader}
17     * @param factories A map of classes to factories that can be used to construct additional {@link ModelLoader}s that
18     *                  this factory's {@link ModelLoader} may depend on
19     * @return A new {@link ModelLoader}
20     */
21    public ModelLoader<T, Y> build(Context context, GenericLoaderFactory factories);
22
23    /**
24     * A lifecycle method that will be called when this factory is about to replaced
25     */
26    public void teardown();
27}
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