Fix UTF8 bug, create first executable JAR file
[jvcard.git] / src / com / googlecode / lanterna / terminal / TerminalFactory.java
1 /*
2 * This file is part of lanterna (http://code.google.com/p/lanterna/).
3 *
4 * lanterna is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
6 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
7 * (at your option) any later version.
8 *
9 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
13 *
14 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
15 * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
16 *
17 * Copyright (C) 2010-2015 Martin
18 */
19 package com.googlecode.lanterna.terminal;
20
21 import java.io.IOException;
22
23 /**
24 * This interface is for abstracting the creation of your Terminal object. The bundled implementation is
25 * DefaultTerminalFactory, which will use a simple auto-detection mechanism for figuring out which terminal
26 * implementation to create based on characteristics of the system the program is running on.
27 * <p>
28 * @author martin
29 */
30 @SuppressWarnings("WeakerAccess")
31 public interface TerminalFactory {
32 /**
33 * Instantiates a Terminal according to the factory implementation.
34 * @return Terminal implementation
35 * @throws IOException If there was an I/O error with the underlying input/output system
36 */
37 Terminal createTerminal() throws IOException;
38 }