2362N/A * Copyright (c) 1999, 2004, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 0N/A * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. 0N/A * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it 0N/A * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as 2362N/A * published by the Free Software Foundation. Oracle designates this 0N/A * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided 2362N/A * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code. 0N/A * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT 0N/A * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or 0N/A * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License 0N/A * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that 0N/A * accompanied this code). 0N/A * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version 0N/A * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, 0N/A * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. 2362N/A * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA 2362N/A * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any 0N/A * This interface represents a factory that creates an initial context. 0N/A * The JNDI framework allows for different initial context implementations 0N/A * to be specified at runtime. The initial context is created using 0N/A * an <em>initial context factory</em>. 0N/A * An initial context factory must implement the InitialContextFactory 0N/A * interface, which provides a method for creating instances of initial 0N/A * context that implement the Context interface. 0N/A * In addition, the factory class must be public and must have a public 0N/A * constructor that accepts no arguments. 0N/A * @author Rosanna Lee 0N/A * @author Scott Seligman 0N/A * @see InitialContextFactoryBuilder 0N/A * @see NamingManager#getInitialContext 0N/A * Creates an Initial Context for beginning name resolution. 0N/A * Special requirements of this context are supplied 0N/A * using <code>environment</code>. 0N/A * The environment parameter is owned by the caller. 0N/A * The implementation will not modify the object or keep a reference 0N/A * to it, although it may keep a reference to a clone or copy. 0N/A * @param environment The possibly null environment 0N/A * specifying information to be used in the creation 0N/A * of the initial context. 0N/A * @return A non-null initial context object that implements the Context 0N/A * @exception NamingException If cannot create an initial context.