Source for java.net.ContentHandlerFactory

   1: /* ContentHandlerFactory.java -- Interface for creating content handlers
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  37: 
  38: package java.net;
  39: 
  40: 
  41: /**
  42:  * Written using on-line Java Platform 1.2 API Specification, as well
  43:  * as "The Java Class Libraries", 2nd edition (Addison-Wesley, 1998).
  44:  * Status:  Believed complete and correct.
  45:  */
  46: /**
  47:   * This interface maps MIME types to <code>ContentHandler</code> objects.
  48:   * It consists of one method that, when passed a MIME type, returns a
  49:   * handler for that type.
  50:   *
  51:   * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
  52:   * @author Warren Levy (warrenl@cygnus.com)
  53:   */
  54: public interface ContentHandlerFactory
  55: {
  56:   /**
  57:     * This method is passed a MIME type as a string and is responsible for
  58:     * returning the appropriate <code>ContentHandler</code> object.
  59:     *
  60:     * @param mimeType The MIME type to map to a <code>ContentHandler</code>
  61:     *
  62:     * @return The <code>ContentHandler</code> for the passed in MIME type
  63:     */
  64:   ContentHandler createContentHandler(String mimeType);
  65: } // interface ContentHandlerFactory