ChangeLogTag:Tue Aug 28 17:51:19 2001 Steve Huston <shuston@riverace.com>

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+/* -*- C++ -*- */
+//=============================================================================
+/**
+ *  @file    Gadget_Part_Factory.h
+ *
+ *  $Id$
+ *
+ *  @author Christopher Kohlhoff <chris@kohlhoff.com>
+ */
+//=============================================================================
+
+#ifndef GADGET_PART_FACTORY_H
+#define GADGET_PART_FACTORY_H
+
+#include "Gadget_Part.h"
+#include "Gadget.h"
+
+/**
+ * @class Gadget_Part_Factory
+ *
+ * @brief Used to create Gadget_Part instances.
+ */
+class Gadget_Part_Factory
+{
+public:
+  /// Create an instance of a gadget. Ownership of the object is automatically
+  /// transferred to the caller since we return a Gadget_Part_var. This also
+  /// means that the object will be deleted automatically if the caller
+  /// "forgets" to collect the return value.
+  static Gadget_Part_var create_gadget_part (Gadget_ptr owner,
+                                             const char *name,
+                                             int size);
+};
+
+#endif /* GADGET_PART_FACTORY_H */