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017package org.apache.wicket.markup.repeater;
018
019import org.apache.wicket.model.IModel;
020
021/**
022 * Factory interface for creating new child item containers for <b>AbstractPageableView</b>.
023 * 
024 * @see org.apache.wicket.markup.repeater.AbstractPageableView
025 * 
026 * @author Igor Vaynberg (ivaynberg)
027 * 
028 * @param <T>
029 *            Model object type
030 */
031public interface IItemFactory<T>
032{
033        /**
034         * Factory method for instances of Item. Each generated item must have a unique id with respect
035         * to other generated items.
036         * 
037         * @param index
038         *            the index of the new data item
039         * @param model
040         *            the model for the new data item
041         * 
042         * @return DataItem new DataItem
043         */
044        Item<T> newItem(final int index, final IModel<T> model);
045
046}