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package javax.naming.spi;
import java.util.Hashtable;
import javax.naming.Name;
import javax.naming.Context;
import javax.naming.directory.Attributes;
/**
* An <code>DirObjectFactory</code> creates objects of a specified type.
* <code>DirObjectFactory</code> is a specific version of
* <code>ObjectFactory</code> for <code>DirectoryManager</code>.
*
* @see ObjectFactory
* @see DirectoryManager
*/
public interface DirObjectFactory extends ObjectFactory {
/**
* Similar to <code>ObjectFactory.getObjectInstance</code>, with an
* additional <code>attributes</code> parameter.
*
* @param o
* an object
* @param n
* a name
* @param c
* a context
* @param envmt
* a context environment
* @param a
* some attributes
* @return the created object
* @throws Exception
* if an exception occurs
* @see ObjectFactory#getObjectInstance(Object, Name, Context, Hashtable)
*/
Object getObjectInstance(Object o, Name n, Context c,
Hashtable<?, ?> envmt, Attributes a) throws Exception;
}