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    25 

    26 package javax.xml.validation;

    27 

    28 /**

    29  * <p>Factory that creates {@link SchemaFactory}.</p>

    30  *

    31  * <p><b>DO NOT USE THIS CLASS</b></p>

    32  *

    33  * <p>

    34  * This class was introduced as a part of an early proposal during the

    35  * JSR-206 standardization process. The proposal was eventually abandoned

    36  * but this class accidentally remained in the source tree, and made its

    37  * way into the final version.

    38  * </p><p>

    39  * This class does not participate in any JAXP 1.3 or JAXP 1.4 processing.

    40  * It must not be used by users or JAXP implementations.

    41  * </p>

    42  *

    43  * @author <a href="Kohsuke.Kawaguchi@Sun.com">Kohsuke Kawaguchi</a>

    44  * @since 1.5

    45  */

    46 public abstract class SchemaFactoryLoader {

    47 

    48     /**

    49      * A do-nothing constructor.

    50      */

    51     protected SchemaFactoryLoader() {

    52     }

    53 

    54     /**

    55      * Creates a new {@link SchemaFactory} object for the specified

    56      * schema language.

    57      *

    58      * @param schemaLanguage

    59      *      See <a href="SchemaFactory.html#schemaLanguage">

    60      *      the list of available schema languages</a>.

    61      *

    62      * @throws NullPointerException

    63      *      If the <tt>schemaLanguage</tt> parameter is null.

    64      *

    65      * @return <code>null</code> if the callee fails to create one.

    66      */

    67     public abstract SchemaFactory newFactory(String schemaLanguage);

    68 }