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+// Copyright 2016 Yahoo Inc. Licensed under the terms of the Apache 2.0 license. See LICENSE in the project root.
+package com.yahoo.config.model;
+
+/**
+ * Interface for factories of config models.
+ *
+ * @author lulf
+ * @since 5.1
+ */
+public interface ConfigModelInstanceFactory<MODEL extends ConfigModel> {
+
+    /**
+     * Create an instance of {@link com.yahoo.config.model.ConfigModel} given the input context.
+     *
+     * @param context The {@link com.yahoo.config.model.ConfigModelContext} to use.
+     * @return an instance of {@link com.yahoo.config.model.ConfigModel}
+     */
+    MODEL createModel(ConfigModelContext context);
+
+}