ExtensionFactory (Alluxio Core - Common Utilities 294 API)

Type Parameters:

T - The type of instance to be created

S - the type of configuration to be used when creating the extension

All Known Subinterfaces:

UnderFileSystemFactory
```
public interface ExtensionFactory<T,S extends AlluxioConfiguration>
```
A factory class for creating instance of ExtensionFactory based on configuration ExtensionFactory.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`T`	`create(java.lang.String path, S conf)`	Creates a new extension for the given path.
`boolean`	`supportsPath(java.lang.String path, S conf)`	Gets whether this factory supports the given path and thus whether calling the `#create(String, S)` can succeed for this path.

- Method Detail
  - create
```
T create(java.lang.String path,
         S conf)
```
    Creates a new extension for the given path. An IllegalArgumentException is thrown if this factory does not support extension for the given path or if the configuration provided is insufficient to create an extension.
    
    Parameters:
    
    path - file path with scheme for which the extension will be created
    
    conf - configuration object for the extension
    
    Returns:
    
    the new extension
  - supportsPath
```
boolean supportsPath(java.lang.String path,
                     S conf)
```
    Gets whether this factory supports the given path and thus whether calling the #create(String, S) can succeed for this path.
    
    Parameters:
    
    path - file path with scheme for which the extension will be created
    
    conf - configuration object for the extension
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the path is supported, false otherwise