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  25 
  26 package javax.xml.validation;
  27 
  28 /**
  29  * <p>Factory that creates {@link SchemaFactory}.</p>
  30  *
  31  * <p><b>DO NOT USE THIS CLASS</b></p>
  32  *
  33  * <p>
  34  * This class was introduced as a part of an early proposal during the
  35  * JSR-206 standardization process. The proposal was eventually abandoned
  36  * but this class accidentally remained in the source tree, and made its
  37  * way into the final version.
  38  * </p><p>
  39  * This class does not participate in any JAXP 1.3 or JAXP 1.4 processing.
  40  * It must not be used by users or JAXP implementations.
  41  * </p>
  42  *
  43  * @author <a href="Kohsuke.Kawaguchi@Sun.com">Kohsuke Kawaguchi</a>
  44  * @since 1.5
  45  */
  46 public abstract class SchemaFactoryLoader {
  47 
  48     /**
  49      * A do-nothing constructor.
  50      */
  51     protected SchemaFactoryLoader() {
  52     }
  53 
  54     /**
  55      * Creates a new {@link SchemaFactory} object for the specified
  56      * schema language.
  57      *
  58      * @param schemaLanguage
  59      *      See <a href="SchemaFactory.html#schemaLanguage">
  60      *      the list of available schema languages</a>.
  61      *
  62      * @throws NullPointerException
  63      *      If the <code>schemaLanguage</code> parameter is null.
  64      *
  65      * @return <code>null</code> if the callee fails to create one.
  66      */
  67     public abstract SchemaFactory newFactory(String schemaLanguage);
  68 }