/*
* @(#)SocketImplFactory.java 1.19 05/11/17
*
* Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
* SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
*/
package java.net;
/**
* This interface defines a factory for socket implementations. It
* is used by the classes <code>Socket</code> and
* <code>ServerSocket</code> to create actual socket
* implementations.
*
* @author Arthur van Hoff
* @version 1.19, 11/17/05
* @see java.net.Socket
* @see java.net.ServerSocket
* @since JDK1.0
*/
public
interface SocketImplFactory {
/**
* Creates a new <code>SocketImpl</code> instance.
*
* @return a new instance of <code>SocketImpl</code>.
* @see java.net.SocketImpl
*/
SocketImpl createSocketImpl();
}