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+package org.json.simple.parser;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * Container factory for creating containers for JSON object and JSON array.
+ *
+ * @see org.json.simple.parser.JSONParser#parse(java.io.Reader, ContainerFactory)
+ *
+ * @author FangYidong<fangyidong@yahoo.com.cn>
+ */
+public interface ContainerFactory {
+ /**
+ * @return A Map instance to store JSON object, or null if you want to use org.json.simple.JSONObject.
+ */
+ Map createObjectContainer();
+
+ /**
+ * @return A List instance to store JSON array, or null if you want to use org.json.simple.JSONArray.
+ */
+ List creatArrayContainer();
+}