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+// --- BEGIN COPYRIGHT BLOCK ---
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+// with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+// 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+//
+// (C) 2007 Red Hat, Inc.
+// All rights reserved.
+// --- END COPYRIGHT BLOCK ---
+package com.netscape.certsrv.client.connection;
+
+import java.net.*;
+import java.io.*;
+
+/**
+ * Interface for all connection factory. Primarily act as
+ * the abstraction layer for different kind of connection factory.
+ *
+ * @version $Revision$, $Date$
+ */
+public interface IConnectionFactory {
+
+    /**
+     * Creates connection using the host and port
+     * @param host  The host to connect to
+     * @param port  The port to connect to
+     * @return  The created connection
+     * @throws IOException   On an IO Error
+     * @throws UnknownHostException  If the host can't be resolved
+     */
+    public IConnection create(String host, int port)
+        throws IOException, UnknownHostException;
+
+}
+