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<aname="ContractFactory"></a><aname="ContractFactory"></a><h1class="show-anchors"><div>ContractFactory<divclass="anchors"><aclass="self"href="/v5/api/contract/contract-factory/#ContractFactory"></a><aclass="source"href="https://github.com/ethers-io/ethers.js/blob/master/packages/contracts/src.ts/index.ts#L1060">source</a></div></div></h1><p>@TODO: Fill this in, including @SRC links</p>
<aname="ContractFactory-attach"></a><divclass="property show-anchors"><divclass="signature"><spanclass="path">contractFactory</span><spanclass="symbol">.</span><spanclass="method">attach</span><spanclass="symbol">(</span><spanclass="param">address</span><spanclass="symbol">)</span><spanclass="arrow">⇒</span><spanclass="returns"><ahref="/v5/api/contract/contract/">Contract</a></span><divclass="anchors"><aclass="self"href="/v5/api/contract/contract-factory/#ContractFactory-attach"></a></div></div><divclass="body"><p>Return an instance of a <ahref="/v5/api/contract/contract/">Contract</a> attched to <i>address</i>. This is the same as using the <ahref="/v5/api/contract/contract/#Contract--creating">Contract constructor</a> with <i>address</i> and this the the <i>interface</i> and <i>signerOrProvider</i> passed in when creating the ContractFactory.</p>
</div></div><divclass="property show-anchors"><divclass="signature"><spanclass="path">contractFactory</span><spanclass="symbol">.</span><spanclass="method">getDeployTransaction</span><spanclass="symbol">(</span> ...<spanclass="param">args</span><spanclass="symbol">)</span><spanclass="arrow">⇒</span><spanclass="returns"><ahref="/v5/api/utils/transactions/#UnsignedTransaction">UnsignedTransaction</a></span><divclass="anchors"></div></div><divclass="body"><p>Returns the unsigned transaction which would deploy this Contract with <i>args</i> passed to the Contract's constructor.</p>
</div></div><aname="ContractFactory-deploy"></a><divclass="property show-anchors"><divclass="signature"><spanclass="path">contractFactory</span><spanclass="symbol">.</span><spanclass="method">deploy</span><spanclass="symbol">(</span> ...<spanclass="param">args</span><spanclass="symbol">)</span><spanclass="arrow">⇒</span><spanclass="returns">Promise<<ahref="/v5/api/contract/contract/">Contract</a>></span><divclass="anchors"><aclass="self"href="/v5/api/contract/contract-factory/#ContractFactory-deploy"></a></div></div><divclass="body"><p>Uses the signer to deploy the Contract with <i>args</i> passed into the constructor and retruns a Contract which is attached to the address where this contract <b>will</b> be deployed once the transaction is mined.</p>
<p>The transaction can be found at <codeclass="inline">contract.deployTransaction</code>, and no interactions should be made until the transaction is mined.</p>
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