| /* URLStreamHandlerFactory.java -- Maps protocols to URLStreamHandlers |
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| package java.net; |
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| |
| /** |
| * Written using on-line Java Platform 1.2 API Specification, as well |
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| /** |
| * This interface contains one method which maps the protocol portion of |
| * a URL (eg, "http" in "http://www.urbanophile.com/arenn/") to a |
| * <code>URLStreamHandler</code> object. |
| * |
| * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com) |
| * @author Warren Levy (warrenl@cygnus.com) |
| */ |
| public interface URLStreamHandlerFactory |
| { |
| /** |
| * This method maps the protocol portion of a URL to a |
| * <code>URLStreamHandler</code> object. |
| * |
| * @param protocol The protocol name to map ("http", "ftp", etc). |
| * |
| * @return The <code>URLStreamHandler</code> for the specified protocol |
| */ |
| URLStreamHandler createURLStreamHandler(String protocol); |
| } // interface URLStreamHandlerFactory |