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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
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+ *
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+ *
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+ */
+
+package javax.xml.bind;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * <p>Factory that creates new <code>JAXBContext</code> instances.
+ *
+ * JAXBContextFactory can be located using {@link java.util.ServiceLoader#load(Class)}
+ *
+ * @since 1.9, JAXB 2.3
+ */
+public interface JAXBContextFactory {
+
+    /**
+     * <p>
+     * Create a new instance of a <tt>JAXBContext</tt> class.
+     *
+     * <p>
+     * For semantics see {@link javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext#newInstance(Class[], java.util.Map)}
+     *
+     * @param classesToBeBound
+     *      list of java classes to be recognized by the new {@link JAXBContext}.
+     *      Can be empty, in which case a {@link JAXBContext} that only knows about
+     *      spec-defined classes will be returned.
+     * @param properties
+     *      provider-specific properties. Can be null, which means the same thing as passing
+     *      in an empty map.
+     *
+     * @return
+     *      A new instance of a <tt>JAXBContext</tt>.
+     *
+     * @throws JAXBException
+     *      if an error was encountered while creating the
+     *      <tt>JAXBContext</tt>, such as (but not limited to):
+     * <ol>
+     *  <li>Classes use JAXB annotations incorrectly
+     *  <li>Classes have colliding annotations (i.e., two classes with the same type name)
+     *  <li>The JAXB implementation was unable to locate
+     *      provider-specific out-of-band information (such as additional
+     *      files generated at the development time.)
+     * </ol>
+     *
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
+     *      if the parameter contains {@code null} (i.e., {@code newInstance(null,someMap);})
+     *
+     * @since 1.9, JAXB 2.3
+     */
+    JAXBContext createContext(Class<?>[] classesToBeBound,
+                              Map<String, ?> properties ) throws JAXBException;
+
+    /**
+     * <p>
+     * Create a new instance of a <tt>JAXBContext</tt> class.
+     *
+     * <p>
+     * For semantics see {@link javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext#newInstance(String, ClassLoader, java.util.Map)}
+     *
+     * <p>
+     * The interpretation of properties is up to implementations. Implementations should
+     * throw <tt>JAXBException</tt> if it finds properties that it doesn't understand.
+     *
+     * @param contextPath list of java package names that contain schema derived classes
+     * @param classLoader
+     *      This class loader will be used to locate the implementation classes.
+     * @param properties
+     *      provider-specific properties. Can be null, which means the same thing as passing
+     *      in an empty map.
+     *
+     * @return a new instance of a <tt>JAXBContext</tt>
+     * @throws JAXBException if an error was encountered while creating the
+     *                       <tt>JAXBContext</tt> such as
+     * <ol>
+     *   <li>failure to locate either ObjectFactory.class or jaxb.index in the packages</li>
+     *   <li>an ambiguity among global elements contained in the contextPath</li>
+     *   <li>failure to locate a value for the context factory provider property</li>
+     *   <li>mixing schema derived packages from different providers on the same contextPath</li>
+     * </ol>
+     * @since 1.9, JAXB 2.3
+     */
+    JAXBContext createContext(String contextPath,
+                              ClassLoader classLoader,
+                              Map<String, ?> properties ) throws JAXBException;
+
+}