Added in API level 1

URLStreamHandlerFactory

public interface URLStreamHandlerFactory

java.net.URLStreamHandlerFactory

This interface defines a factory for URL stream protocol handlers.

A URL stream handler factory is used as specified in the URL constructor.

Summary

Public methods

abstract URLStreamHandler createURLStreamHandler(String protocol)

Creates a new URLStreamHandler instance with the specified protocol.

Public methods

createURLStreamHandler

Added in API level 1 
public abstract URLStreamHandler createURLStreamHandler (String protocol)

Creates a new URLStreamHandler instance with the specified protocol.

Parameters
protocol String: the protocol ("ftp", "http", "nntp", etc.).
Returns
URLStreamHandler a URLStreamHandler for the specific protocol, or null if this factory cannot create a handler for the specific protocol

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