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     25 
     26 package 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  */
     37 public
     38 interface 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