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+/*************************************************************************
+/* ContentHandlerFactory.java -- Interface for creating content handlers
+/*
+/* Copyright (c) 1998 by Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
+/*
+/* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+/* it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published 
+/* by the Free Software Foundation, version 2. (see COPYING.LIB)
+/*
+/* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+/* WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+/* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+/* GNU General Public License for more details.
+/*
+/* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+/* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation
+/* Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307 USA
+/*************************************************************************/
+
+package java.net;
+
+/**
+  * This interface maps MIME types to ContentHandler objects.  It consists
+  * of one method that, when passed a MIME type, returns a handler for that
+  * type.
+  *
+  * @version 0.5
+  *
+  * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
+  */
+public interface ContentHandlerFactory
+{
+/**
+  * This method is passed a MIME type as a string and is responsible for
+  * returning the appropriate ContentType object.
+  *
+  * @param mime_type The MIME type to map to a ContentHandler
+  *
+  * @return The ContentHandler for the passed in MIME type
+  */
+public abstract ContentHandler
+createContentHandler(String mime_type);
+
+} // interface ContentHandlerFactory
+