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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);
}