1. /*

  2.  * @(#)URLStreamHandlerFactory.java	1.15 00/02/02

  3.  *

  4.  * Copyright 1995-2000 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

  5.  * 

  6.  * This software is the proprietary information of Sun Microsystems, Inc.  

  7.  * Use is subject to license terms.

  8.  * 

  9.  */

  10. 

  11. package java.net;

  12. 

  13. /**

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

  15.  * protocol handlers.

  16.  * <p>

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

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

  19.  *

  20.  * @author  Arthur van Hoff

  21.  * @version 1.15, 02/02/00

  22.  * @see     java.net.URL

  23.  * @see     java.net.URLStreamHandler

  24.  * @since   JDK1.0

  25.  */

  26. public interface URLStreamHandlerFactory {

  27.     /**

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

  29.      * protocol.

  30.      *

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

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

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

  34.      * @see     java.net.URLStreamHandler

  35.      */

  36.     URLStreamHandler createURLStreamHandler(String protocol);

  37. }