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package org.pentaho.platform.plugin.services.security.userrole.ldap.search;
/**
* A factory for creating <code>LdapSearchParams</code> instances.
*
* @author mlowery
*
*/
public interface LdapSearchParamsFactory {
/**
* Create a parameters object with the given arguments. The assumption is
* that the filter arguments will be the only parameter not known until
* runtime.
*
* @param filterArgs
* arguments that will be merged with the <code>filter</code>
* property of an <code>LdapSearchParams</code> instance
* @return a new parameters object
*/
LdapSearchParams createParams(Object[] filterArgs);
}