Added in API level 1

URLStreamHandlerFactory

public interface URLStreamHandlerFactory

java.net.URLStreamHandlerFactory

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This interface defines a factory for URL stream protocol handlers.

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

See also:

• URL
• URLStreamHandler

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

See also:

• URLStreamHandler