1: /* SocketImplFactory.java -- Interface to create a SocketImpl object 2: Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 3: 4: This file is part of GNU Classpath. 5: 6: GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 7: it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by 8: the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) 9: any later version. 10: 11: GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 12: WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 13: MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 14: General Public License for more details. 15: 16: You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 17: along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the 18: Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 19: 02110-1301 USA. 20: 21: Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is 22: making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and 23: conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole 24: combination. 25: 26: As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you 27: permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an 28: executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent 29: modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under 30: terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked 31: independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that 32: module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from 33: or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend 34: this exception to your version of the library, but you are not 35: obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this 36: exception statement from your version. */ 37: 38: package java.net; 39: 40: 41: /** Written using on-line Java Platform 1.2 API Specification. 42: * Status: Believed complete and correct. 43: */ 44: /** 45: * This interface defines one method which returns a <code>SocketImpl</code> 46: * object. This should not be needed by ordinary applications. 47: * 48: * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com) 49: * @author Per Bothner (bothner@cygnus.com) 50: */ 51: public interface SocketImplFactory 52: { 53: /** 54: * This method returns an instance of the <code>SocketImpl</code> object 55: * 56: * @return A <code>SocketImpl</code> object 57: */ 58: SocketImpl createSocketImpl(); 59: } // interface SocketImplFactory