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+//
+// ========================================================================
+// Copyright (c) 1995-2014 Mort Bay Consulting Pty. Ltd.
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
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+// and Apache License v2.0 which accompanies this distribution.
+//
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+//
+// The Apache License v2.0 is available at
+// http://www.opensource.org/licenses/apache2.0.php
+//
+// You may elect to redistribute this code under either of these licenses.
+// ========================================================================
+//
+
+package org.eclipse.jetty.server;
+
+
+import org.eclipse.jetty.io.Connection;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.io.EndPoint;
+
+/**
+ * <p>A Factory to create {@link Connection} instances for {@link Connector}s.</p>
+ * <p>A Connection factory is responsible for instantiating and configuring a {@link Connection} instance
+ * to handle an {@link EndPoint} accepted by a {@link Connector}.</p>
+ * <p>
+ * A ConnectionFactory has a protocol name that represents the protocol of the Connections
+ * created. Example of protocol names include:<dl>
+ * <dt>http</dt><dd>Creates a HTTP connection that can handle multiple versions of HTTP from 0.9 to 1.1</dd>
+ * <dt>spdy/2</dt><dd>Creates a HTTP connection that handles a specific version of the SPDY protocol</dd>
+ * <dt>SSL-XYZ</dt><dd>Create an SSL connection chained to a connection obtained from a connection factory
+ * with a protocol "XYZ".</dd>
+ * <dt>SSL-http</dt><dd>Create an SSL connection chained to a HTTP connection (aka https)</dd>
+ * <dt>SSL-npn</dt><dd>Create an SSL connection chained to a NPN connection, that uses a negotiation with
+ * the client to determine the next protocol.</dd>
+ * </dl>
+ */
+public interface ConnectionFactory
+{
+ /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
+ /**
+ * @return A string representing the protocol name.
+ */
+ public String getProtocol();
+
+ /**
+ * <p>Creates a new {@link Connection} with the given parameters</p>
+ * @param connector The {@link Connector} creating this connection
+ * @param endPoint the {@link EndPoint} associated with the connection
+ * @return a new {@link Connection}
+ */
+ public Connection newConnection(Connector connector, EndPoint endPoint);
+
+}