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+package com.modulus.dataread.expressions;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * Interface describes how an object is supposed to
+ * generate statements. This class is to be used int tandem
+ * with the ExpressionParser interface to generate
+ * Statements of a specific type;
+ * 
+ * @author jrahm
+ *
+ * @param <T> the type of statement this StatementFactory creates
+ */
+public interface StatementFactory<T extends Statement> {
+	
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new statement with the type <code>T</code> based
+	 * on what the parameters contain.
+	 * 
+	 * The parameters contain useful information about where the parser
+	 * currently is and how to create the new statement.
+	 * 
+	 * @param params the parameters
+	 * @return a new statement of type <code>T</code> based off of the parameters.
+	 */
+	T generateStatement(Map<String, Object> params);
+}