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package java.rmi.server;
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
/**
* An <code>RMIServerSocketFactory</code> instance is used by the RMI runtime
* in order to obtain server sockets for RMI calls. A remote object can be
* associated with an <code>RMIServerSocketFactory</code> when it is
* created/exported via the constructors or <code>exportObject</code> methods
* of <code>java.rmi.server.UnicastRemoteObject</code> and
* <code>java.rmi.activation.Activatable</code> .
*
* <p>An <code>RMIServerSocketFactory</code> instance associated with a remote
* object is used to obtain the <code>ServerSocket</code> used to accept
* incoming calls from clients.
*
* <p>An <code>RMIServerSocketFactory</code> instance can also be associated
* with a remote object registry so that clients can use custom socket
* communication with a remote object registry.
*
* <p>An implementation of this interface
* should implement {@link Object#equals} to return <code>true</code> when
* passed an instance that represents the same (functionally equivalent)
* server socket factory, and <code>false</code> otherwise (and it should also
* implement {@link Object#hashCode} consistently with its
* <code>Object.equals</code> implementation).
*
* @author Ann Wollrath
* @author Peter Jones
* @since 1.2
* @see java.rmi.server.UnicastRemoteObject
* @see java.rmi.activation.Activatable
* @see java.rmi.registry.LocateRegistry
*/
public interface RMIServerSocketFactory {
/**
* Create a server socket on the specified port (port 0 indicates
* an anonymous port).
* @param port the port number
* @return the server socket on the specified port
* @exception IOException if an I/O error occurs during server socket
* creation
* @since 1.2
*/
public ServerSocket createServerSocket(int port)
throws IOException;
}