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package com.netscape.certsrv.client.connection;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.UnknownHostException;

/**
 * Interface for all connection factory. Primarily act as
 * the abstraction layer for different kind of connection factory.
 *
 * @version $Revision$, $Date$
 */
public interface IConnectionFactory {

    /**
     * Creates connection using the host and port
     *
     * @param host The host to connect to
     * @param port The port to connect to
     * @return The created connection
     * @throws IOException On an IO Error
     * @throws UnknownHostException If the host can't be resolved
     */
    public IConnection create(String host, int port)
            throws IOException, UnknownHostException;

}
