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//
// Copyright (c) 2003-2010 ZeroC, Inc. All rights reserved.
//
// This copy of Ice is licensed to you under the terms described in the
// ICE_LICENSE file included in this distribution.
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package Ice;
/**
* Applications implement this interface to provide a plug-in factory
* to the Ice run time.
**/
public interface PluginFactory
{
/**
* Called by the Ice run time to create a new plug-in.
*
* @param communicator The communicator that is in the process of being initialized.
* @param name The name of the plug-in.
* @param args The arguments that are specified in the plug-ins configuration.
* @return The plug-in that was created by this method.
**/
Plugin create(Communicator communicator, String name, String[] args);
}