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+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2015 gRPC authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef GRPC_CORE_EXT_FILTERS_CLIENT_CHANNEL_LB_POLICY_FACTORY_H
+#define GRPC_CORE_EXT_FILTERS_CLIENT_CHANNEL_LB_POLICY_FACTORY_H
+
+#include <grpc/support/port_platform.h>
+
+#include "src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/lb_policy.h"
+#include "src/core/lib/gprpp/abstract.h"
+#include "src/core/lib/gprpp/orphanable.h"
+
+namespace grpc_core {
+
+class LoadBalancingPolicyFactory {
+ public:
+ /// Returns a new LB policy instance.
+ virtual OrphanablePtr<LoadBalancingPolicy> CreateLoadBalancingPolicy(
+ LoadBalancingPolicy::Args) const GRPC_ABSTRACT;
+
+ /// Returns the LB policy name that this factory provides.
+ /// Caller does NOT take ownership of result.
+ virtual const char* name() const GRPC_ABSTRACT;
+
+ virtual RefCountedPtr<LoadBalancingPolicy::Config> ParseLoadBalancingConfig(
+ const grpc_json* json, grpc_error** error) const GRPC_ABSTRACT;
+
+ virtual ~LoadBalancingPolicyFactory() {}
+
+ GRPC_ABSTRACT_BASE_CLASS;
+};
+
+} // namespace grpc_core
+
+#endif /* GRPC_CORE_EXT_FILTERS_CLIENT_CHANNEL_LB_POLICY_FACTORY_H */