URLStreamHandlerFactory

  • The URLStreamHandlerFactory interface defines a factory for creating URL stream protocol handlers.

  • It's used by the URL class to create a URLStreamHandler for a given protocol.

  • The primary method, createURLStreamHandler, creates a new URLStreamHandler instance for a specific protocol like "http" or "ftp".

public interface URLStreamHandlerFactory

This interface defines a factory for URL stream protocol handlers.

It is used by the URL class to create a URLStreamHandler for a specific protocol.

Public Method Summary

abstract URLStreamHandler
createURLStreamHandler(String protocol)
Creates a new URLStreamHandler instance with the specified protocol.

Public Methods

public abstract URLStreamHandler createURLStreamHandler (String protocol)

Creates a new URLStreamHandler instance with the specified protocol.

Parameters
protocol the protocol ("ftp", "http", "nntp", etc.).
Returns
  • a URLStreamHandler for the specific protocol.
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