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package javax.naming.spi;
import java.util.Hashtable;
import javax.naming.NamingException;
/**
* An initial context factory builder creates an initial context factory, and an
* initial context factory creates initial contexts. A variety of different
* initial context implementations may be used by a JNDI application. The
* application uses <code>NamingManager.setInitialContextFactoryBuilder()</code>
* to specify its own or its preferred builder to override JNDI default
* policies. Any such builder must implement the
* <code>InitialContextFactoryBuilder</code> interface.
*/
public interface InitialContextFactoryBuilder {
/**
* Uses the environment properties in the specified <code>envmt</code>
* parameter to create an initial context factory. If the implementation
* needs to keep a copy of <code>envmt</code> or to change it, it will
* clone or copy the specified object and use that instead. The
* <code>envmt</code> parameter may be null.
*
* @param envmt
* the context environment as a <code>Hashtable</code>
* @return an initial context factory - cannot be null.
* @throws NamingException
* if an initial context factory could not be created.
*/
InitialContextFactory createInitialContextFactory(Hashtable<?, ?> envmt)
throws NamingException;
}