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Factory that creates new JAXBContext
instances.
*
* JAXBContextFactory can be located using {@link java.util.ServiceLoader#load(Class)}
*
* @since 1.9, JAXB 2.3
*/
public interface JAXBContextFactory {
/**
*
* Create a new instance of a JAXBContext class. * *
* For semantics see {@link javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext#newInstance(Class[], java.util.Map)} * * @param classesToBeBound * list of java classes to be recognized by the new {@link JAXBContext}. * Can be empty, in which case a {@link JAXBContext} that only knows about * spec-defined classes will be returned. * @param properties * provider-specific properties. Can be null, which means the same thing as passing * in an empty map. * * @return * A new instance of a JAXBContext. * * @throws JAXBException * if an error was encountered while creating the * JAXBContext, such as (but not limited to): *
* Create a new instance of a JAXBContext class. * *
* For semantics see {@link javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext#newInstance(String, ClassLoader, java.util.Map)} * *
* The interpretation of properties is up to implementations. Implementations should * throw JAXBException if it finds properties that it doesn't understand. * * @param contextPath list of java package names that contain schema derived classes * @param classLoader * This class loader will be used to locate the implementation classes. * @param properties * provider-specific properties. Can be null, which means the same thing as passing * in an empty map. * * @return a new instance of a JAXBContext * @throws JAXBException if an error was encountered while creating the * JAXBContext such as *