1 files changed, 38 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/qpid/dotnet/Qpid.Common/Framing/IBodyFactory.cs b/qpid/dotnet/Qpid.Common/Framing/IBodyFactory.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dd7960ddbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qpid/dotnet/Qpid.Common/Framing/IBodyFactory.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ *
+ */
+using Apache.Qpid.Buffer;
+
+namespace Apache.Qpid.Framing
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Any class that is capable of turning a stream of bytes into an AMQ structure must implement this interface.
+    /// </summary>
+    public interface IBodyFactory
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Creates the body.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="inbuf">The ByteBuffer containing data from the network</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        /// <exception>AMQFrameDecodingException</exception>
+        IBody CreateBody(ByteBuffer inbuf);
+    }
+}