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17 
18 package java.net;
19 
20 /**
21  * Defines a scheme for mapping a filename type to a MIME content type. Mainly
22  * used by {@code URLStreamHandler} for determining the right content handler to
23  * handle the resource.
24  *
25  * @see ContentHandler
26  * @see URLConnection#getFileNameMap()
27  * @see URLConnection#guessContentTypeFromName(String)
28  * @see URLStreamHandler
29  */
30 public interface FileNameMap {
31     /**
32      * Returns the MIME type (such as "text/plain") for the given filename, or null.
33      */
getContentTypeFor(String filename)34     public String getContentTypeFor(String filename);
35 }
36