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package netscape.ldap;

import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;

/**
 * Represents a socket connection that you can use to connect to an
 * LDAP server.  You can write a class that implements this interface
 * if you want to use a TLS socket to connect to a secure server.
 * (The <CODE>LDAPSSLSocketFactory class</CODE>, which is included
 * in the <CODE>netscape.ldap</CODE> package, implements this
 * interface for SSL connections.)
 * <P>
 *
 * When you construct a new <CODE>LDAPConnection</CODE>
 * object, you can specify that the connection use this socket. 
 * To do this, pass the constructor an object of the class that 
 * implements this interface.
 * <P>
 *
 * @version 1.0
 * @see LDAPConnection#LDAPConnection(netscape.ldap.LDAPSocketFactory)
 * @see LDAPSSLSocketFactory
 */
public interface LDAPSocketFactory {
    /**
     * Returns a socket to the specified host name and port number.
     * <P>
     *
     * @param host name of the host to which you want to connect
     * @param port port number to which you want to connect
     * @exception LDAPException Failed to create the socket.
     * @see LDAPSSLSocketFactory#makeSocket(java.lang.String,int)
     */
    public Socket makeSocket(String host, int port)
        throws LDAPException;
}