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+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Name:        wx/cocoa/fontfactory.h
+// Purpose:     wxFontFactory class
+// Author:      David Elliott
+// Modified by:
+// Created:     2007-10-13
+// RCS-ID:      $Id$
+// Copyright:   2007 David Elliott
+// Licence:     wxWindows licence
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#ifndef _WX_COCOA_FONTFACTORY_H_
+#define _WX_COCOA_FONTFACTORY_H_
+
+/*! @discussion
+    This class exists so that wxFont need not know about wxSettings
+    The implementation, however, is in the font.mm file because the
+    implementation needs to have knowledge of wxFontRefData.
+ */
+class wxCocoaFontFactory
+{
+public:
+    /*! @abstract   Create an instance with the specified NSFont and underline flag.
+     */
+    static wxFont InstanceForNSFont(WX_NSFont cocoaFont, bool underlined = false);
+};
+
+#endif  //_WX_COCOA_FONTFACTORY_H_