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25
26package java.net;
27
28/**
29 * This interface defines a factory for datagram socket implementations. It
30 * is used by the classes {@code DatagramSocket} to create actual socket
31 * implementations.
32 *
33 * @author  Yingxian Wang
34 * @see     java.net.DatagramSocket
35 * @since   1.3
36 */
37public
38interface DatagramSocketImplFactory {
39    /**
40     * Creates a new {@code DatagramSocketImpl} instance.
41     *
42     * @return  a new instance of {@code DatagramSocketImpl}.
43     * @see     java.net.DatagramSocketImpl
44     */
45    DatagramSocketImpl createDatagramSocketImpl();
46}
47