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- /*
- * @(#)ContentHandlerFactory.java 1.1 95/08/20
- *
- * Copyright (c) 1995 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- *
- * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
- * documentation for NON-COMMERCIAL purposes and without fee is hereby
- * granted provided that this copyright notice appears in all copies. Please
- * refer to the file "copyright.html" for further important copyright and
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- *
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- * 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.
- */
-
- package java.net;
-
-
- /**
- * This interface defines a factory for ContentHandler instances. It is used by the
- * URLStreamHandler class to create ContentHandlers for various streams.
- *
- * @version 1.1, 08/20/95
- * @author James Gosling
- */
- public interface ContentHandlerFactory {
-
- /**
- * Creates a new ContentHandler to read an object from a URLStreamHandler.
- * @param mimetype The mime type for which a content handler is desired.
- */
- ContentHandler createContentHandler(String mimetype);
- }
-