54 lines
2.1 KiB
Java
54 lines
2.1 KiB
Java
/*
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* Copyright (c) 1995, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. 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. Oracle designates this
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* particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
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* by Oracle 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 Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
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* or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
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* 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} stream
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* protocol handlers.
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*
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* <p> A URL stream handler factory is used as specified in the
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* {@linkplain java.net.URL#URL(String,String,int,String) URL constructor}.
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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 1.0
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*/
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public interface URLStreamHandlerFactory {
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/**
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* Creates a new {@code URLStreamHandler} instance with the specified
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* protocol.
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*
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* @param protocol the protocol ("{@code ftp}",
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* "{@code http}", "{@code nntp}", etc.).
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* @return a {@code URLStreamHandler} for the specific protocol, or {@code
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* null} if this factory cannot create a handler for the specific
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* 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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