001 /* ContentHandlerFactory.java -- Interface for creating content handlers
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037
038 package java.net;
039
040
041 /**
042 * Written using on-line Java Platform 1.2 API Specification, as well
043 * as "The Java Class Libraries", 2nd edition (Addison-Wesley, 1998).
044 * Status: Believed complete and correct.
045 */
046 /**
047 * This interface maps MIME types to <code>ContentHandler</code> objects.
048 * It consists of one method that, when passed a MIME type, returns a
049 * handler for that type.
050 *
051 * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
052 * @author Warren Levy (warrenl@cygnus.com)
053 */
054 public interface ContentHandlerFactory
055 {
056 /**
057 * This method is passed a MIME type as a string and is responsible for
058 * returning the appropriate <code>ContentHandler</code> object.
059 *
060 * @param mimeType The MIME type to map to a <code>ContentHandler</code>
061 *
062 * @return The <code>ContentHandler</code> for the passed in MIME type
063 */
064 ContentHandler createContentHandler(String mimeType);
065 } // interface ContentHandlerFactory