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package javax.xml.soap;

A factory for creating SOAPConnection objects. Implementation of this class is optional. If SOAPConnectionFactory.newInstance() throws an UnsupportedOperationException then the implementation does not support the SAAJ communication infrastructure. Otherwise SOAPConnection objects can be created by calling createConnection() on the newly created SOAPConnectionFactory object. 
Since:
1.6/**
 * A factory for creating {@code SOAPConnection} objects. Implementation of this class
 * is optional. If {@code SOAPConnectionFactory.newInstance()} throws an
 * UnsupportedOperationException then the implementation does not support the
 * SAAJ communication infrastructure. Otherwise {@link SOAPConnection} objects
 * can be created by calling {@code createConnection()} on the newly
 * created {@code SOAPConnectionFactory} object.
 *
 * @since 1.6
 */
public abstract class SOAPConnectionFactory {

    
A constant representing the default value for a SOAPConnection object. The default is the point-to-point SOAP connection. /**
     * A constant representing the default value for a {@code SOAPConnection}
     * object. The default is the point-to-point SOAP connection.
     */
    private static final String DEFAULT_SOAP_CONNECTION_FACTORY
            = "com.sun.xml.internal.messaging.saaj.client.p2p.HttpSOAPConnectionFactory";

    
Creates an instance of the default SOAPConnectionFactory object. This method uses the lookup procedure specified in soap to locate and load the SOAPConnectionFactory class. 
Throws:
SOAPException – if there was an error creating the SOAPConnectionFactory
UnsupportedOperationException – if newInstance is not
supported.
Returns:
a new instance of a default SOAPConnectionFactory object/**
     * Creates an instance of the default
     * {@code SOAPConnectionFactory} object.
     *
     * This method uses the lookup procedure specified in {@link javax.xml.soap} to locate and load the
     * {@link javax.xml.soap.SOAPConnectionFactory} class.
     *
     * @return a new instance of a default
     *         {@code SOAPConnectionFactory} object
     *
     * @exception SOAPException if there was an error creating the
     *            {@code SOAPConnectionFactory}
     *
     * @exception UnsupportedOperationException if newInstance is not
     * supported.
     */
    public static SOAPConnectionFactory newInstance()
        throws SOAPException, UnsupportedOperationException
    {
        try {
            return FactoryFinder.find(
                    SOAPConnectionFactory.class,
                    DEFAULT_SOAP_CONNECTION_FACTORY,
                    true);
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            throw new SOAPException("Unable to create SOAP connection factory: "
                                    +ex.getMessage());
        }
    }

    
Create a new SOAPConnection. 
Throws:
SOAPException – if there was an exception creating the SOAPConnection object.
Returns:
the new SOAPConnection object./**
     * Create a new {@code SOAPConnection}.
     *
     * @return the new {@code SOAPConnection} object.
     *
     * @exception SOAPException if there was an exception creating the
     * {@code SOAPConnection} object.
     */
    public abstract SOAPConnection createConnection()
        throws SOAPException;
}