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+<?php
+/**
+ * @author Roger Szabo <roger.szabo@web.de>
+ *
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2016, ownCloud, Inc.
+ * @license AGPL-3.0
+ *
+ * This code is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3,
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3,
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
+ *
+ */
+namespace OCP\LDAP;
+
+use OCP\IServerContainer;
+
+/**
+ * Interface ILDAPProviderFactory
+ *
+ * This class is responsible for instantiating and returning an ILDAPProvider
+ * instance.
+ *
+ * @package OCP\LDAP
+ * @since 9.2.0
+ */
+interface ILDAPProviderFactory {
+
+	/**
+	 * Constructor for the LDAP provider factory
+	 *
+	 * @param IServerContainer $serverContainer server container
+	 * @since 9.2.0
+	 */
+	public function __construct(IServerContainer $serverContainer);
+	
+	/**
+	 * creates and returns an instance of the ILDAPProvider
+	 *
+	 * @return ILDAPProvider
+	 * @since 9.2.0
+	 */
+	public function getLDAPProvider();
+}