1. /*

  2.  * @(#)URLStreamHandlerFactory.java	1.13 01/11/29

  3.  *

  4.  * Copyright 2002 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.

  5.  * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.

  6.  */

  7. 

  8. package java.net;

  9. 

  10. /**

  11.  * This interface defines a factory for <code>URL</code> stream

  12.  * protocol handlers.

  13.  * <p>

  14.  * It is used by the <code>URL</code> class to create a

  15.  * <code>URLStreamHandler</code> for a specific protocol.

  16.  *

  17.  * @author  Arthur van Hoff

  18.  * @version 1.13, 11/29/01

  19.  * @see     java.net.URL

  20.  * @see     java.net.URLStreamHandler

  21.  * @since   JDK1.0

  22.  */

  23. public interface URLStreamHandlerFactory {

  24.     /**

  25.      * Creates a new <code>URLStreamHandler</code> instance with the specified

  26.      * protocol.

  27.      *

  28.      * @param   protocol   the protocol ("<code>ftp</code>",

  29.      *                     "<code>http</code>", "<code>nntp</code>", etc.).

  30.      * @return  a <code>URLStreamHandler</code> for the specific protocol.

  31.      * @see     java.io.URLStreamHandler

  32.      */

  33.     URLStreamHandler createURLStreamHandler(String protocol);

  34. }