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## javax.naming.spi
Interface ObjectFactoryBuilder

    public interface ObjectFactoryBuilder

This interface represents a builder that creates object factories.

The JNDI framework allows for object implementations to be loaded in dynamically via object factories. For example, when looking up a printer bound in the name space, if the print service binds printer names to References, the printer Reference could be used to create a printer object, so that the caller of lookup can directly operate on the printer object after the lookup. An ObjectFactory is responsible for creating objects of a specific type. JNDI uses a default policy for using and loading object factories. You can override this default policy by calling `NamingManager.setObjectFactoryBuilder()` with an ObjectFactoryBuilder, which contains the program-defined way of creating/loading object factories. Any `ObjectFactoryBuilder` implementation must implement this interface that for creating object factories.

Since:
  1.3
See Also:
  `ObjectFactory`, `NamingManager.getObjectInstance(java.lang.Object, javax.naming.Name, javax.naming.Context, java.util.Hashtable)`, `NamingManager.setObjectFactoryBuilder(javax.naming.spi.ObjectFactoryBuilder)`

Method Summary
`ObjectFactory` | `createObjectFactory(Object obj, Hashtable<?,?> environment)` Creates a new object factory using the environment supplied.

Method Detail

### createObjectFactory

    ObjectFactory createObjectFactory(Object obj,
                                      Hashtable<?,?> environment)
                                      throws NamingException

  Creates a new object factory using the environment supplied.

  The environment parameter is owned by the caller. The implementation will not modify the object or keep a reference to it, although it may keep a reference to a clone or copy.

  Parameters:
    `obj` - The possibly null object for which to create a factory.
    `environment` - Environment to use when creating the factory. Can be null.
  Returns:
    A non-null new instance of an ObjectFactory.
  Throws:
    `NamingException` - If an object factory cannot be created.

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