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0N/Apackage java.net;
0N/A
0N/A/**
0N/A * This interface defines a factory for content handlers. An
0N/A * implementation of this interface should map a MIME type into an
0N/A * instance of <code>ContentHandler</code>.
0N/A * <p>
0N/A * This interface is used by the <code>URLStreamHandler</code> class
0N/A * to create a <code>ContentHandler</code> for a MIME type.
0N/A *
0N/A * @author James Gosling
0N/A * @see java.net.ContentHandler
0N/A * @see java.net.URLStreamHandler
0N/A * @since JDK1.0
0N/A */
0N/Apublic interface ContentHandlerFactory {
0N/A /**
0N/A * Creates a new <code>ContentHandler</code> to read an object from
0N/A * a <code>URLStreamHandler</code>.
0N/A *
0N/A * @param mimetype the MIME type for which a content handler is desired.
0N/A
0N/A * @return a new <code>ContentHandler</code> to read an object from a
0N/A * <code>URLStreamHandler</code>.
0N/A * @see java.net.ContentHandler
0N/A * @see java.net.URLStreamHandler
0N/A */
0N/A ContentHandler createContentHandler(String mimetype);
0N/A}