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from Interface import Interface

class IPipelineElementFactory(Interface):
    """Class for creating pipeline elements by name"""

    def registerFactory(group, name, factory):
        """Registers a pipeline factory by name and element group.

        Each name can be registered only once for a given group. Duplicate
        registrations will raise a ValueError
        """

    def getFactoryGroups():
        """Returns a sorted list of element group names
        """

    def getFactoryNames(group):
        """Returns a sorted list of registered pipeline factory names
        in the specified element group
        """

    def instantiate(group, name):
        """Instantiates a pipeline element by group and name. If name is not
        registered raise a KeyError.
        """