01: /*
02: * @(#)ContentHandlerFactory.java 1.15 06/10/10
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27:
28: package java.net;
29:
30: /**
31: * This interface defines a factory for content handlers. An
32: * implementation of this interface should map a MIME type into an
33: * instance of <code>ContentHandler</code>.
34: * <p>
35: * This interface is used by the <code>URLStreamHandler</code> class
36: * to create a <code>ContentHandler</code> for a MIME type.
37: *
38: * @author James Gosling
39: * @version 1.9, 02/02/00
40: * @see java.net.ContentHandler
41: * @see java.net.URLStreamHandler
42: * @since JDK1.0
43: */
44: public interface ContentHandlerFactory {
45: /**
46: * Creates a new <code>ContentHandler</code> to read an object from
47: * a <code>URLStreamHandler</code>.
48: *
49: * @param mimetype the MIME type for which a content handler is desired.
50:
51: * @return a new <code>ContentHandler</code> to read an object from a
52: * <code>URLStreamHandler</code>.
53: * @see java.net.ContentHandler
54: * @see java.net.URLStreamHandler
55: */
56: ContentHandler createContentHandler(String mimetype);
57: }
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