Interface ContentHandlerFactory

public interface ContentHandlerFactory

This interface defines a factory for content handlers. An implementation of this interface should map a MIME type into an instance of ContentHandler.

This interface is used by the URLStreamHandler class to create a ContentHandler for a MIME type.

Since:

1.0

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Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`ContentHandler`	`createContentHandler(String mimetype)`	Creates a new `ContentHandler` to read an object from a `URLStreamHandler`.

Method Details

createContentHandler

ContentHandler createContentHandler(String mimetype)

Creates a new ContentHandler to read an object from a URLStreamHandler.

Parameters:

mimetype - the MIME type for which a content handler is desired.

Returns:

a new ContentHandler to read an object from a URLStreamHandler.

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