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diff --git a/src/jogl/classes/javax/media/opengl/GLDrawableFactory.java b/src/jogl/classes/javax/media/opengl/GLDrawableFactory.java
index 395ee3704..c433e8b68 100644
--- a/src/jogl/classes/javax/media/opengl/GLDrawableFactory.java
+++ b/src/jogl/classes/javax/media/opengl/GLDrawableFactory.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ import com.jogamp.common.util.ReflectionUtil;
import javax.media.nativewindow.AbstractGraphicsDevice;
import javax.media.nativewindow.NativeSurface;
import javax.media.nativewindow.NativeWindowFactory;
+import javax.media.nativewindow.ProxySurface;
/** <P> Provides a virtual machine- and operating system-independent
mechanism for creating {@link GLDrawable}s. </P>
@@ -425,6 +426,23 @@ public abstract class GLDrawableFactory {
int width, int height);
/**
+ * Highly experimental API entry, allowing developer of new windowing system bindings
+ * to leverage the native window handle to produce a NativeSurface implementation (ProxySurface), having the required GLCapabilities.<br>
+ * Such surface can be used to instantiate a GLDrawable and hence test your new binding w/o the
+ * costs of providing a full set of abstraction like the AWT GLCanvas or even the native NEWT bindings.
+ *
+ * @param device the platform's target device, shall not be <code>null</code>
+ * @param windowHandle the native window handle
+ * @param caps the requested GLCapabilties
+ * @param chooser the custom chooser, may be null for default
+ * @return The proxy surface wrapping the windowHandle on the device
+ */
+ public abstract ProxySurface createProxySurface(AbstractGraphicsDevice device,
+ long windowHandle,
+ GLCapabilitiesImmutable caps,
+ GLCapabilitiesChooser chooser);
+
+ /**
* Returns true if it is possible to create a GLPbuffer. Some older
* graphics cards do not have this capability.
*