1. // $Id: SchemaFactoryLoader.java,v 1.6 2004/03/17 03:58:54 jsuttor Exp $

  2. 

  3. /*

  4.  * @(#)SchemaFactoryLoader.java	1.3 04/07/26

  5.  * 

  6.  * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.

  7.  * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.

  8.  */

  9. 

  10. package javax.xml.validation;

  11. 

  12. /**

  13.  * <p>Factory that creates {@link SchemaFactory}.</p>

  14.  * 

  15.  * <p>

  16.  * This class is intended to be used by the implementations of

  17.  * the validation API, not by users.

  18.  * </p>

  19.  * 

  20.  * @author <a href="Kohsuke.Kawaguchi@Sun.com">Kohsuke Kawaguchi</a>

  21.  * @version $Revision: 1.6 $, $Date: 2004/03/17 03:58:54 $

  22.  * @since 1.5

  23.  */

  24. public abstract class SchemaFactoryLoader {

  25.     

  26.     /**

  27.      * A do-nothing constructor.

  28.      */

  29.     protected SchemaFactoryLoader() {

  30.     }

  31.     

  32.     /**

  33.      * Creates a new {@link SchemaFactory} object for the specified

  34.      * schema language.

  35.      * 

  36.      * @param schemaLanguage

  37.      *      See <a href="../SchemaFactory.html#schemaLanguage">

  38.      *      the list of available schema languages</a>.

  39.      * 

  40.      * @throws NullPointerException

  41.      *      If the <tt>schemaLanguage</tt> parameter is null.

  42.      * 

  43.      * @return <code>null</code> if the callee fails to create one.

  44.      */

  45.     public abstract SchemaFactory newFactory(String schemaLanguage);

  46. }