#ifndef OPENMM_KERNELFACTORY_H_
#define OPENMM_KERNELFACTORY_H_

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#include "KernelImpl.h"

namespace OpenMM {

/**
 * A KernelFactory is an object that can create KernelImpls.  This is an abstract class.
 * Each Platform maintains a list of KernelFactory objects that it uses to create
 * KernelImpls as needed.
 */

class OPENMM_EXPORT KernelFactory {
public:
    /**
     * Create a KernelImpl.
     * 
     * @param name the name of the kernel to create
     * @param context the context the kernel will belong to
     */
    virtual KernelImpl* createKernelImpl(std::string name, const Platform& platform, ContextImpl& context) const = 0;
    virtual ~KernelFactory() {
    }
};

} // namespace OpenMM

#endif /*OPENMM_KERNELFACTORY_H_*/