public interface ContentHandlerFactory

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.

Summary

Public methods

abstract ContentHandler createContentHandler(String mimetype)

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

Public methods

createContentHandler

public abstract ContentHandler createContentHandler (String mimetype)

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

Parameters
mimetype String: the MIME type for which a content handler is desired.
Returns
ContentHandler a new ContentHandler to read an object from a URLStreamHandler.

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Last updated 2025-02-10 UTC.