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+/* InitialContextFactory.java --
+ Copyright (C) 2000, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+
+package javax.naming.spi;
+
+import java.util.Hashtable;
+
+import javax.naming.Context;
+import javax.naming.NamingException;
+
+/**
+ * <p>
+ * Defines a factory that creates the initial context for the beginning of the
+ * name resolution. JNDI allows to specify different implementations of the
+ * initial context at runtime.
+ * </p>
+ * <p>
+ * The class, implementing this interface, must be public and have a public
+ * parameterless constructor
+ * </p>
+ */
+public interface InitialContextFactory
+{
+ /**
+ * Create a new initial context
+ *
+ * @param environment the properties, used when creating the context. The
+ * implementing class will not modify the table nor keep the
+ * reference to it. After the method returns, the caller can safely
+ * reuse the table for other purposes.
+ * @return the new initial context
+ * @throws NamingException if the naming exception has occured
+ */
+ Context getInitialContext (Hashtable<?, ?> environment)
+ throws NamingException;
+}