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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   1.0

 */

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);

}