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+/*
+ * Copyright 1999-2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Sun designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
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+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
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+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
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+ */
+
+package javax.naming.spi;
+
+import java.util.Hashtable;
+import javax.naming.NamingException;
+
+ /**
+  * This interface represents a builder that creates object factories.
+  *<p>
+  * The JNDI framework allows for object implementations to
+  * be loaded in dynamically via <em>object factories</em>.
+  * For example, when looking up a printer bound in the name space,
+  * if the print service binds printer names to References, the printer
+  * Reference could be used to create a printer object, so that
+  * the caller of lookup can directly operate on the printer object
+  * after the lookup.  An ObjectFactory is responsible for creating
+  * objects of a specific type.  JNDI uses a default policy for using
+  * and loading object factories.  You can override this default policy
+  * by calling <tt>NamingManager.setObjectFactoryBuilder()</tt> with an ObjectFactoryBuilder,
+  * which contains the program-defined way of creating/loading
+  * object factories.
+  * Any <tt>ObjectFactoryBuilder</tt> implementation must implement this
+  * interface that for creating object factories.
+  *
+  * @author Rosanna Lee
+  * @author Scott Seligman
+  *
+  * @see ObjectFactory
+  * @see NamingManager#getObjectInstance
+  * @see NamingManager#setObjectFactoryBuilder
+  * @since 1.3
+  */
+public interface ObjectFactoryBuilder {
+    /**
+      * Creates a new object factory using the environment supplied.
+      *<p>
+      * The environment parameter is owned by the caller.
+      * The implementation will not modify the object or keep a reference
+      * to it, although it may keep a reference to a clone or copy.
+      *
+      * @param obj The possibly null object for which to create a factory.
+      * @param environment Environment to use when creating the factory.
+      *                 Can be null.
+      * @return A non-null new instance of an ObjectFactory.
+      * @exception NamingException If an object factory cannot be created.
+      *
+      */
+    public ObjectFactory createObjectFactory(Object obj,
+                                             Hashtable<?,?> environment)
+        throws NamingException;
+}