- All Known Implementing Classes:
URLStreamHandlerProvider
public interface URLStreamHandlerFactory
This interface defines a factory for
URL
stream
protocol handlers.
A URL stream handler factory is used as specified in the
URL constructor.
- Since:
- 1.0
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Method Summary 
Creates a new URLStreamHandler
instance with the specified
protocol.
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Method Details 
-
createURLStreamHandler 
Creates a new URLStreamHandler
instance with the specified
protocol.
- Parameters:
protocol
- the protocol ("ftp
",
"http
", "nntp
", etc.).
- Returns:
- a
URLStreamHandler
for the specific protocol, or
null
if this factory cannot create a handler for the specific
protocol
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