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package java.net;

/**

* This interface defines a factory for {@code URL} stream

* protocol handlers.

* <p>

* It is used by the {@code URL} class to create a

* {@code URLStreamHandler} for a specific protocol.

*

* @author Arthur van Hoff

* @see java.net.URL

* @see java.net.URLStreamHandler

* @since JDK1.0

*/

public interface URLStreamHandlerFactory {

/**

* Creates a new {@code URLStreamHandler} instance with the specified

* protocol.

*

* @param protocol the protocol ("{@code ftp}",

* "{@code http}", "{@code nntp}", etc.).

* @return a {@code URLStreamHandler} for the specific protocol.

* @see java.net.URLStreamHandler

*/

URLStreamHandler createURLStreamHandler(String protocol);

}