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package com.sun.corba.se.spi.ior ;
import com.sun.corba.se.spi.orb.ORB ;
/** An IORFactory provides the capability of creating IORs. It contains
* some collection of TaggedProfileTemplates, which can be iterated over
* for portable interceptors.
*/
public interface IORFactory extends Writeable, MakeImmutable {
/** Construct an IOR containing the given ORB, typeid, and ObjectId.
* The same ObjectId will be used for all TaggedProfileTemplates in
* the IORFactory.
*/
IOR makeIOR( ORB orb, String typeid, ObjectId oid ) ;
/** Return true iff this.makeIOR(orb,typeid,oid).isEquivalent(
* other.makeIOR(orb,typeid,oid) for all orb, typeid, and oid.
*/
boolean isEquivalent( IORFactory other ) ;
}