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