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25 
26 package java.net;
27 
28 /**
29  * This interface defines a factory for content handlers. An
30  * implementation of this interface should map a MIME type into an
31  * instance of {@code ContentHandler}.
32  * <p>
33  * This interface is used by the {@code URLStreamHandler} class
34  * to create a {@code ContentHandler} for a MIME type.
35  *
36  * @author  James Gosling
37  * @see     java.net.ContentHandler
38  * @see     java.net.URLStreamHandler
39  * @since   JDK1.0
40  */
41 public interface ContentHandlerFactory {
42     /**
43      * Creates a new {@code ContentHandler} to read an object from
44      * a {@code URLStreamHandler}.
45      *
46      * @param   mimetype   the MIME type for which a content handler is desired.
47 
48      * @return  a new {@code ContentHandler} to read an object from a
49      *          {@code URLStreamHandler}.
50      * @see     java.net.ContentHandler
51      * @see     java.net.URLStreamHandler
52      */
createContentHandler(String mimetype)53     ContentHandler createContentHandler(String mimetype);
54 }
55