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package org.springframework.ldap.core;

import java.io.StringReader;

/**
 * A factory for creating DnParser instances. The actual implementation of
 * DnParser is generated using javacc and should not be constructed directly.
 * 
 * @author Mattias Hellborg Arthursson
 * @deprecated {@link DistinguishedName} and associated classes are deprecated as of 2.0.
 */
public final class DefaultDnParserFactory {
    /**
     * Not to be instantiated.
     */
    private DefaultDnParserFactory() {

    }

    /**
     * Create a new DnParser instance.
     * 
     * @param string
     *            the DN String to be parsed.
     * @return a new DnParser instance for parsing the supplied DN string.
     */
    public static DnParser createDnParser(String string) {
        return new DnParserImpl(new StringReader(string));
    }
}
