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package org.ietf.ldap;

import java.net.Socket;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.UnknownHostException;

/**
 *
 *  Used to construct a socket connection for use in an LDAPConnection.
 *
 *  @see 
            com.novell.ldap.LDAPSocketFactory
 */
public interface LDAPSocketFactory
{
    /**
     * Returns a socket connected using the provided host name and port
     * number.
     *
     * @see 
            com.novell.ldap.LDAPSocketFactory.createSocket(String, int)
     */
    public Socket createSocket(String host, int port)
              throws IOException, UnknownHostException;
}