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Keywords: Iclassfactory, Cobass, Clsid, Instances, Create

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a class that is capable of creating instances of another class

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a COM interface ( IClassFactory ) that is responsible for creating instances of COBass

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a component whose main purpose is to create other components

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a service component whose only purpose is to create new components of a particular type, as defined by a single CLSID

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An object that implements the IClassFactory interface, which allows it to create objects of a specific class.

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