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package javax.xml.validation;
/**
* <p>Factory that creates {@link SchemaFactory}.</p>
*
* <p><b>DO NOT USE THIS CLASS</b></p>
*
* <p>
* This class was introduced as a part of an early proposal during the
* JSR-206 standardization process. The proposal was eventually abandoned
* but this class accidentally remained in the source tree, and made its
* way into the final version.
* </p><p>
* This class does not participate in any JAXP 1.3 or JAXP 1.4 processing.
* It must not be used by users or JAXP implementations.
* </p>
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* @author <a href="Kohsuke.Kawaguchi@Sun.com">Kohsuke Kawaguchi</a>
* @since 1.5
*/
public abstract class SchemaFactoryLoader {
/**
* A do-nothing constructor.
*/
protected SchemaFactoryLoader() {
}
/**
* Creates a new {@link SchemaFactory} object for the specified
* schema language.
*
* @param schemaLanguage
* See <a href="SchemaFactory.html#schemaLanguage">
* the list of available schema languages</a>.
*
* @throws NullPointerException
* If the <tt>schemaLanguage</tt> parameter is null.
*
* @return <code>null</code> if the callee fails to create one.
*/
public abstract SchemaFactory newFactory(String schemaLanguage);
}