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25 
26 package java.net;
27 
28 /**
29  * This interface defines a factory for socket implementations. It
30  * is used by the classes {@code Socket} and
31  * {@code ServerSocket} to create actual socket
32  * implementations.
33  *
34  * @author  Arthur van Hoff
35  * @see     java.net.Socket
36  * @see     java.net.ServerSocket
37  * @since   JDK1.0
38  */
39 public
40 interface SocketImplFactory {
41     /**
42      * Creates a new {@code SocketImpl} instance.
43      *
44      * @return  a new instance of {@code SocketImpl}.
45      * @see     java.net.SocketImpl
46      */
createSocketImpl()47     SocketImpl createSocketImpl();
48 }
49