/* * Copyright (c) 1999, 2002, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. * ORACLE PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */ package java.net; /** * This interface defines a factory for datagram socket implementations. It * is used by the classes <code>DatagramSocket</code> to create actual socket * implementations. * * @author Yingxian Wang * @see java.net.DatagramSocket * @since 1.3 */ public interface DatagramSocketImplFactory { /** * Creates a new <code>DatagramSocketImpl</code> instance. * * @return a new instance of <code>DatagramSocketImpl</code>. * @see java.net.DatagramSocketImpl */ DatagramSocketImpl createDatagramSocketImpl(); }