52 lines
2.0 KiB
Java
52 lines
2.0 KiB
Java
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/*
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* Copyright 1995-1999 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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* DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
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*
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* This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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* under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
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* published by the Free Software Foundation. Sun designates this
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* particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
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* by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
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*
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* This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
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* ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
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* FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
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* version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
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* accompanied this code).
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*
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* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
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* 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
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* Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
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*
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* Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
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* CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
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* have any questions.
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*/
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package java.net;
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/**
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* This interface defines a factory for <code>URL</code> stream
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* protocol handlers.
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* <p>
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* It is used by the <code>URL</code> class to create a
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* <code>URLStreamHandler</code> for a specific protocol.
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*
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* @author Arthur van Hoff
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* @see java.net.URL
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* @see java.net.URLStreamHandler
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* @since JDK1.0
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*/
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public interface URLStreamHandlerFactory {
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/**
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* Creates a new <code>URLStreamHandler</code> instance with the specified
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* protocol.
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*
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* @param protocol the protocol ("<code>ftp</code>",
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* "<code>http</code>", "<code>nntp</code>", etc.).
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* @return a <code>URLStreamHandler</code> for the specific protocol.
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* @see java.net.URLStreamHandler
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*/
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URLStreamHandler createURLStreamHandler(String protocol);
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}
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