ContentHandlerFactory in Java

java.net.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.

Declaration

public interface ContentHandlerFactory {

    ContentHandler createContentHandler(String mimetype);
}

Methods

1. createContentHandler(String mimetype)

ContentHandler java.net.ContentHandlerFactory.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.

Some other classes/interfaces of java.net

Authenticator: The class Authenticator represents an object that knows how to obtain authentication for a network connection.

BindException: Signals that an error occurred while attempting to bind a socket to a local address and port. 

CacheRequest: Represents channels for storing resources in the ResponseCache.

CacheResponse: Represent channels for retrieving resources from the ResponseCache.

ConnectException: Signals that an error occurred while attempting to connect a socket to a remote address and port.

ContentHandler: The abstract class ContentHandler is the superclass of all classes that read an Object from a URLConnection.

ContentHandlerFactory: This interface defines a factory for content handlers. Implementing this interface should map a MIME type into an instance of ContentHandler.

CookieHandler: A CookieHandler object provides a callback mechanism to hook up an HTTP state management policy implementation into the HTTP protocol handler.

CookieManager: CookieManager provides a concrete implementation of CookieHandler, which separates the storage of cookies from the policy surrounding accepting and rejecting cookies. 

CookiePolicy: CookiePolicy implementations decide which cookies should be accepted and which should be rejected.

CookieStore: A CookieStore object represents storage for cookies. Can store and retrieve cookies.

DatagramPacket: This class represents a datagram packet.