ContentHandlerFactory (Java SE 14 & JDK 14)
Description: declaration: module: java.base, package: java.net, interface: ContentHandlerFactory
Keywords: java.net.ContentHandlerFactory interface

Module java.base
Package java.net

# Interface ContentHandlerFactory

    public interface ContentHandlerFactory

This interface defines a factory for content handlers. An implementation of this interface should map a MIME type into an instance of `ContentHandler`.

This interface is used by the `URLStreamHandler` class to create a `ContentHandler` for a MIME type.

Since:
  1.0
See Also:
  `ContentHandler`, `URLStreamHandler`

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type | Method | Description
  --- | --- | ---
  `ContentHandler` | `createContentHandler​(String mimetype)` | Creates a new `ContentHandler` to read an object from a `URLStreamHandler`.

- ## Method Details

  - ### createContentHandler

    ContentHandler createContentHandler​(String mimetype)
    Creates a new `ContentHandler` to read an object from a `URLStreamHandler`.
    Parameters:
      `mimetype` - the MIME type for which a content handler is desired.
    Returns:
      a new `ContentHandler` to read an object from a `URLStreamHandler`.
    See Also:
      `ContentHandler`, `URLStreamHandler`