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/* Copyright 2006 FangYidong

   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
   You may obtain a copy of the License at

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package org.json.simple.parser;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Container factory for creating containers for JSON object and JSON array.
 * 
 * @see org.json.simple.parser.JSONParser#parse(java.io.Reader, ContainerFactory)
 * 
 * @author FangYidong<[email protected]>
 * @deprecated since 2.0.0 the same results can be achieved with the Map and Collection constructors in java post parsing.
 */
@Deprecated
public interface ContainerFactory {
	/**
	 * @return A Map instance to store JSON object, or null if you want to use org.json.simple.JSONObject.
	 */
	Map createObjectContainer();
	
	/**
	 * @return A List instance to store JSON array, or null if you want to use org.json.simple.JSONArray. 
	 */
	List creatArrayContainer();
}