org.foray.common.url
Interface ProtocolRegistrationStrategy

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractProtocolRegistration, FactoryProtocolRegistration, PropertyProtocolRegistration, UniversalProtocolRegistration

public interface ProtocolRegistrationStrategy

A strategy that registers all custom URL protocols in a standard way.

Method Summary

URLStreamHandler	getURLStreamHandler(String protocol) Finds the registered URLStreamHandler for a given protocol.
void	registerProtocolHandler(String protocol, URLStreamHandler handler) Registers a URLStreamHandler for the given protocol.

Method Detail

registerProtocolHandler

void registerProtocolHandler(String protocol,
                             URLStreamHandler handler)

Registers a URLStreamHandler for the given protocol. When implemented, this method should be synchronized. If a handler already exists for the given protocol, this method does nothing.

Parameters:

protocol - The protocol to be registered.

handler - The URLStreamHandler instance which should be used for URLs whose protocol is protocol.

getURLStreamHandler

URLStreamHandler getURLStreamHandler(String protocol)

Finds the registered URLStreamHandler for a given protocol.

Parameters:

protocol - The protocol for which a URLStreamHandler is desired.

Returns:

The URLStreamHandler registered with this registration scheme, or null if the protocol has not been registered.