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020package org.apache.mina.integration.xbean;
021
022import java.net.SocketAddress;
023
024import org.apache.mina.integration.beans.InetSocketAddressEditor;
025
026/**
027 * Workaround for dealing with inability to annotate java docs of JDK 
028 * socket address classes.
029 *
030 * @author <a href="http://mina.apache.org">Apache MINA Project</a>
031 * @org.apache.xbean.XBean element="socketAddress" contentProperty="value"
032 */
033public class SocketAddressFactory {
034    /**
035     * @org.apache.xbean.FactoryMethod
036     * Creates a SocketAddress from its String description
037     * 
038     * @param value The socket address as a String
039     * @return A SocketAddress
040     */
041    public static SocketAddress create(String value) {
042        InetSocketAddressEditor editor = new InetSocketAddressEditor();
043        editor.setAsText(value);
044        
045        return (SocketAddress) editor.getValue();
046    }
047}