/* $Id: DiagramFactoryInterface2.java 17850 2010-01-12 19:53:35Z linus $

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 package org.argouml.uml.diagram;

 /**

  * An interface to be implemented by factories for a specific diagram type.

  * 

  * @since 0.27.3 when it replaced DiagramFactoryInterface

  */

 public interface DiagramFactoryInterface2  {

     /**

      * Factory method to create a new instance of an ArgoDiagram.

      * 

      * @param owner the owning element. This can be the owning namespace for a

      *            Class diagram or an owning Statemachine for a State Diagram or

      *            any other interpretation that the diagram type wants to apply.

      * @param name the name of the diagram. This may be null if the caller would

      *            like the factory to provide a default name.

      * @param settings default rendering settings for the diagram

      * @return the newly instantiated diagram

      */

     public ArgoDiagram createDiagram(final Object owner, final String name,

             DiagramSettings settings);

 }