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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}.
* <p>
* This interface is used by the {@code URLStreamHandler} class
* to create a {@code ContentHandler} for a MIME type.
*
* @author James Gosling
* @see java.net.ContentHandler
* @see java.net.URLStreamHandler
* @since JDK1.0
*/
public interface
ContentHandlerFactory {
/**
* Creates a new {@code ContentHandler} to read an object from
* a {@code URLStreamHandler}.
*
* @param mimetype the MIME type for which a content handler is desired.
* @return a new {@code ContentHandler} to read an object from a
* {@code URLStreamHandler}.
* @see java.net.ContentHandler
* @see java.net.URLStreamHandler
*/
ContentHandler createContentHandler(
String mimetype);
}