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package org.jboss.ws.api.tools;
import org.jboss.ws.api.tools.WSContractProvider;
/**
* Creates {@link WSContractProvider} implementations.
*
* @author Jason T. Greene
*/
public interface WSContractProviderFactory
{
/**
* Create a new {@link WSContractProvider}. There are no restrictions on how this
* should be performed. The passed ClassLoader is the one used in
* {@link WSContractProvider#newInstance(ClassLoader)}. This loader
* should be made available to the generated {@link WSContractProvider}.
*
* @param loader the ClassLoader for type discovery
* @return a new {@link WSContractProvider}
*/
public WSContractProvider createProvider(ClassLoader loader);
}