1. /*

  2.  * @(#)DatagramSocketImplFactory.java	1.5 00/02/02

  3.  *

  4.  * Copyright 1995-2000 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

  5.  * 

  6.  * This software is the proprietary information of Sun Microsystems, Inc.  

  7.  * Use is subject to license terms.

  8.  * 

  9.  */

  10. 

  11. package java.net;

  12. 

  13. /**

  14.  * This interface defines a factory for datagram socket implementations. It

  15.  * is used by the classes <code>DatagramSocket</code> to create actual socket

  16.  * implementations.

  17.  *

  18.  * @author  Yingxian Wang

  19.  * @version %I %E

  20.  * @see     java.net.DatagramSocket

  21.  * @since   1.3

  22.  */

  23. public

  24. interface DatagramSocketImplFactory {

  25.     /**

  26.      * Creates a new <code>DatagramSocketImpl</code> instance.

  27.      *

  28.      * @return  a new instance of <code>DatagramSocketImpl</code>.

  29.      * @see     java.io.DatagramSocketImpl

  30.      */

  31.     DatagramSocketImpl createDatagramSocketImpl();

  32. }