java.net.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.

@author

James Gosling

@version

1.12, 12/19/03

@since

JDK1.0

See Also

java.net.ContentHandler , java.net.URLStreamHandler

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

Parameters

mimetype

the MIME type for which a content handler is desired.

Return

a new ContentHandler to read an object from a URLStreamHandler.

See Also

java.net.ContentHandler , java.net.URLStreamHandler