michael@0: package org.json.simple.parser;
michael@0: 
michael@0: import java.util.List;
michael@0: import java.util.Map;
michael@0: 
michael@0: /**
michael@0:  * Container factory for creating containers for JSON object and JSON array.
michael@0:  * 
michael@0:  * @see org.json.simple.parser.JSONParser#parse(java.io.Reader, ContainerFactory)
michael@0:  * 
michael@0:  * @author FangYidong<fangyidong@yahoo.com.cn>
michael@0:  */
michael@0: public interface ContainerFactory {
michael@0: 	/**
michael@0: 	 * @return A Map instance to store JSON object, or null if you want to use org.json.simple.JSONObject.
michael@0: 	 */
michael@0: 	Map createObjectContainer();
michael@0: 	
michael@0: 	/**
michael@0: 	 * @return A List instance to store JSON array, or null if you want to use org.json.simple.JSONArray. 
michael@0: 	 */
michael@0: 	List creatArrayContainer();
michael@0: }