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package jpos.profile;
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/**
* Defines an interface for creating Profile objects
* @since 1.3 (SF 2K meeting)
* @author E. Michael Maximilien (maxim@us.ibm.com)
*/
public interface ProfileFactory
{
/**
* @return a Profile object created parsing the XML file provided
* @param xmlProfileFile the XML profile file
* @exception jpos.profile.ProfileException if there is an error loading the profile
* @since 1.3 (SF 2K meeting)
*/
public Profile createProfile( String xmlProfileFileName ) throws ProfileException;
}