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package java.net;

/**
 * This interface defines a factory for socket implementations. It
 * is used by the classes {@code Socket} and
 * {@code ServerSocket} to create actual socket
 * implementations.
 *
 * @author Arthur van Hoff
 * @see java.net.Socket
 * @see java.net.ServerSocket
 * @since 1.0
 */
public
interface SocketImplFactory {
 /**
 * Creates a new {@code SocketImpl} instance.
 *
 * @return a new instance of {@code SocketImpl}.
 * @see java.net.SocketImpl
 */
 SocketImpl createSocketImpl();
}