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package java.net;

/**

* This interface defines a factory for content handlers. An

* implementation of this interface should map a MIME type into an

* instance of {@code ContentHandler}.

* <p>

* This interface is used by the {@code URLStreamHandler} class

* to create a {@code ContentHandler} for a MIME type.

*

* @author James Gosling

* @see java.net.ContentHandler

* @see java.net.URLStreamHandler

* @since JDK1.0

*/

public interface ContentHandlerFactory {

/**

* Creates a new {@code ContentHandler} to read an object from

* a {@code URLStreamHandler}.

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* @param mimetype the MIME type for which a content handler is desired.

* @return a new {@code ContentHandler} to read an object from a

* {@code URLStreamHandler}.

* @see java.net.ContentHandler

* @see java.net.URLStreamHandler

*/

ContentHandler createContentHandler(String mimetype);

}