diff --git a/webshell/src/nsDLLFactory.cpp b/webshell/src/nsDLLFactory.cpp
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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*-
+ *
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Netscape Public
+ * License Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ * except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ * the License at http://www.mozilla.org/NPL/
+ *
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS
+ * IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or
+ * implied. See the License for the specific language governing
+ * rights and limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * The Original Code is Mozilla Communicator client code.
+ *
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Netscape Communications
+ * Corporation.  Portions created by Netscape are
+ * Copyright (C) 1998 Netscape Communications Corporation. All
+ * Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Contributor(s): 
+ */
+#include "nsIFactory.h"
+#include "nsIWebShell.h"
+#include "nsIDocumentLoader.h"
+#include "nsIServiceManager.h"
+
+static NS_DEFINE_IID(kWebShellCID,          NS_WEB_SHELL_CID);
+
+nsresult NS_NewDocLoaderServiceFactory(nsIFactory** aResult);
+
+#if defined(XP_MAC) && defined(MAC_STATIC)
+extern "C" NS_EXPORT nsresult 
+NSGetFactory_WEB_DLL(nsISupports* serviceMgr,
+                     const nsCID &aClass,
+                     const char *aClassName,
+                     const char *aProgID,
+                     nsIFactory **aFactory)
+#else
+extern "C" NS_EXPORT nsresult
+NSGetFactory(nsISupports* serviceMgr,
+             const nsCID &aClass,
+             const char *aClassName,
+             const char *aProgID,
+             nsIFactory **aFactory)
+#endif
+{
+  nsresult rv = NS_OK;
+
+  if (nsnull == aFactory) {
+    return NS_ERROR_NULL_POINTER;
+  }
+
+  if (aClass.Equals(kWebShellCID)) {
+    rv = NS_NewWebShellFactory(aFactory);
+  }
+
+  return rv;
+}
+