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1 /*
2  * @(#)ContentHandlerFactory.java 1.12 03/12/19
3  *
4  * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
5  * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
6  */
7
8 package java.net;
9
10 /**
11  * This interface defines a factory for content handlers. An
12  * implementation of this interface should map a MIME type into an
13  * instance of <code>ContentHandler</code>.
14  * <p>
15  * This interface is used by the <code>URLStreamHandler</code> class
16  * to create a <code>ContentHandler</code> for a MIME type.
17  *
18  * @author James Gosling
19  * @version 1.12, 12/19/03
20  * @see java.net.ContentHandler
21  * @see java.net.URLStreamHandler
22  * @since JDK1.0
23  */
24 public interface ContentHandlerFactory {
25     /**
26      * Creates a new <code>ContentHandler</code> to read an object from
27      * a <code>URLStreamHandler</code>.
28      *
29      * @param mimetype the MIME type for which a content handler is desired.
30
31      * @return a new <code>ContentHandler</code> to read an object from a
32      * <code>URLStreamHandler</code>.
33      * @see java.net.ContentHandler
34      * @see java.net.URLStreamHandler
35      */
36     ContentHandler JavaDoc createContentHandler(String JavaDoc mimetype);
37 }
38
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