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+/*
+ * Copyright 1997-2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Sun designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+
+package javax.activation;
+
+/**
+ * This interface defines a factory for <code>DataContentHandlers</code>. An
+ * implementation of this interface should map a MIME type into an
+ * instance of DataContentHandler. The design pattern for classes implementing
+ * this interface is the same as for the ContentHandler mechanism used in
+ * <code>java.net.URL</code>.
+ *
+ * @since 1.6
+ */
+
+public interface DataContentHandlerFactory {
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new DataContentHandler object for the MIME type.
+     *
+     * @param mimeType the MIME type to create the DataContentHandler for.
+     * @return The new <code>DataContentHandler</code>, or <i>null</i>
+     * if none are found.
+     */
+    public DataContentHandler createDataContentHandler(String mimeType);
+}