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package com.sun.ejb;

import org.glassfish.api.deployment.DeploymentContext;
import org.glassfish.ejb.deployment.descriptor.EjbDescriptor;
import org.jvnet.hk2.annotations.Contract;

/**
 * ContainerFactory creates the appropriate Container instance
 * (StatefulSessionContainer, StatelessSessionContainer, EntityContainer, 
 * MessageBeanContainer) and initializes it.
 *
 * It is also a factory for EJBObject/Home instances which are needed
 * by the Protocol Manager when a remote invocation arrives.
 *
 */
@Contract
public interface ContainerFactory {

    /**
     * Create the appropriate Container instance and initialize it.
     * @param ejbDescriptor the deployment descriptor of the EJB
			    for which a container is to be created.
     */
    Container createContainer(EjbDescriptor ejbDescriptor, 
			      ClassLoader loader, 
			      DeploymentContext deployContext)
  	throws Exception;


}