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"""Manages Reference Factories.

$Id: $
"""

from zope.interface import Interface


class IReferenceFactories(Interface):
    """Contains Factories knowing how and where to instantiate an object.

    Caution:

    - This interface is in flux and probably will change when implementing
      Archteypes reference support.
    - The source parameter will disappear as soon as on save the back
      references are save with the object.
    """

    def invokeFactory(repo_clone, source, selector=None):
        """Invokes the right factory for the object in a history.

        Returns the attached object and it's id.
        """

    def hasBeenMoved(obj, source):
        """Returns True if the object has been moved away from ``source``.
        """