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+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2009, 2010 Oracle. All rights reserved.
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+ * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0, which accompanies this distribution
+ * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html.
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ *     Oracle - initial API and implementation
+ ******************************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.jpt.common.core.resource.xml;
+
+import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EClass;
+import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EClassifier;
+import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EFactory;
+import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject;
+
+/**
+ * Provisional API: This interface is part of an interim API that is still
+ * under development and expected to change significantly before reaching
+ * stability. It is available at this early stage to solicit feedback from
+ * pioneering adopters on the understanding that any code that uses this API
+ * will almost certainly be broken (repeatedly) as the API evolves.
+ * 
+ * @version 2.3
+ * @since 2.3
+ */
+public class EmfTools {
+
+	public static <T extends EObject> T create(EFactory eFactory, EClass eClass, Class<T> javaClass) {
+		for (EClassifier factoryEClassifier : eFactory.getEPackage().getEClassifiers()) {
+			if (factoryEClassifier instanceof EClass) {
+				EClass factoryEClass = (EClass) factoryEClassifier;
+				if (eClass.isSuperTypeOf(factoryEClass)) {
+					return javaClass.cast(eFactory.create(factoryEClass));
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		throw new IllegalArgumentException("Factory does not support objects of type \'" + eClass.getName() + '\''); //$NON-NLS-1$
+	}
+}