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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 9, JAXB 2.3

 */

public interface JAXBContextFactory {

    /**

     * <p>

     * Create a new instance of a {@code JAXBContext} 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 {@code JAXBContext}.

     *

     * @throws JAXBException

     *      if an error was encountered while creating the

     *      {@code JAXBContext}. See {@link JAXBContext#newInstance(Class[], Map)} for details.

     *

     * @throws IllegalArgumentException

     *      if the parameter contains {@code null} (i.e., {@code newInstance(null,someMap);})

     *

     * @since 9, JAXB 2.3

     */

    JAXBContext createContext(Class<?>[] classesToBeBound,

                              Map<String, ?> properties ) throws JAXBException;

    /**

     * <p>

     * Create a new instance of a {@code JAXBContext} 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 must

     * throw {@code JAXBException} 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 {@code JAXBContext}

     * @throws JAXBException if an error was encountered while creating the

     *      {@code JAXBContext}. See {@link JAXBContext#newInstance(String, ClassLoader, Map)} for details.

     *

     * @since 9, JAXB 2.3

     */

    JAXBContext createContext(String contextPath,

                              ClassLoader classLoader,

                              Map<String, ?> properties ) throws JAXBException;

}