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 * Copyright 2018 Netflix, Inc.
 *
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 *      you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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package com.netflix.zuul;

import com.netflix.zuul.filters.ZuulFilter;

/**
 * Interface to provide instances of ZuulFilter from a given class.
 */
public interface FilterFactory {
    
    /**
     * Returns an instance of the specified class.
     * 
     * @param clazz the Class to instantiate
     * @return an instance of ZuulFilter
     * @throws Exception if an error occurs
     */
    ZuulFilter<?, ?> newInstance(Class<?> clazz) throws Exception;
}
