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- /*
- * @(#)ContentHandlerFactory.java 1.3 97/01/25
- *
- * Copyright (c) 1995, 1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- *
- * This software is the confidential and proprietary information of Sun
- * Microsystems, Inc. ("Confidential Information"). You shall not
- * disclose such Confidential Information and shall use it only in
- * accordance with the terms of the license agreement you entered into
- * with Sun.
- *
- * SUN MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE SUITABILITY OF THE
- * SOFTWARE, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE
- * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
- * PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SUN SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES
- * SUFFERED BY LICENSEE AS A RESULT OF USING, MODIFYING OR DISTRIBUTING
- * THIS SOFTWARE OR ITS DERIVATIVES.
- *
- * CopyrightVersion 1.1_beta
- *
- */
-
- package java.net;
-
- /**
- * This interface defines a factory for content handlers. An
- * implementation of this interface should map a MIME type into an
- * instance of <code>ContentHandler</code>.
- * <p>
- * This interface is used by the <code>URLStreamHandler</code> class
- * to create a <code>ContentHandler</code> for a MIME type.
- *
- * @author James Gosling
- * @version 1.3, 01/25/97
- * @see java.net.ContentHandler
- * @see java.net.URLStreamHandler
- * @since JDK1.0
- */
- public interface ContentHandlerFactory {
- /**
- * Creates a new <code>ContentHandler</code> to read an object from
- * a <code>URLStreamHandler</code>.
- *
- * @param mimetype the MIME type for which a content handler is desired.
-
- * @return a new <code>ContentHandler</code> to read an object from a
- * <code>URLStreamHandler</code>.
- * @see java.net.ContentHandler
- * @see java.net.URLStreamHandler
- * @since JDK1.0
- */
- ContentHandler createContentHandler(String mimetype);
- }
-