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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+namespace OCP\LDAP;
+
+use OCP\IServerContainer;
+
+/**
+ * Interface ILDAPProviderFactory
+ *
+ * This class is responsible for instantiating and returning an ILDAPProvider
+ * instance.
+ *
+ * @since 11.0.0
+ */
+interface ILDAPProviderFactory {
+	/**
+	 * Constructor for the LDAP provider factory
+	 *
+	 * @param IServerContainer $serverContainer server container
+	 * @since 11.0.0
+	 */
+	public function __construct(IServerContainer $serverContainer);
+
+	/**
+	 * creates and returns an instance of the ILDAPProvider
+	 *
+	 * @return ILDAPProvider
+	 * @since 11.0.0
+	 */
+	public function getLDAPProvider();
+
+	/**
+	 * Check if an ldap provider is available
+	 *
+	 * @return bool
+	 * @since 21.0.0
+	 */
+	public function isAvailable(): bool;
+}