content: //  Copyright 2006, Clark N. Hobbie
  //
  //  This file is part of the com.lts.pest library.
  //
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  //
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  package com.lts.pest.gatherer;
  
  abstract public class GatherFactory
  {
  	/**
  	 * Facotry method to create an instance of Gatherer that should be used by the 
  	 * application.
  	 * 
  	 * <P>
  	 * This is the factory method for which this class is an instance of the factory
  	 * method pattern.  Its purpose is to allow sub-classes to determine which instance
  	 * of the Gatherer class should be used in the application.
  	 */
  	abstract public Gatherer createGatherer ();
  }
  