Package java.net

Class ContentHandler

java.lang.Object

java.net.ContentHandler

public abstract class ContentHandler
extends Object

This class converts the content of a certain format (i.e. a MIME type) into a Java type object. It is created by ContentHandlerFactory. The data values should be accessed via URL or URLConnection.

See Also:

ContentHandlerFactory, URL.getContent(), URLConnection.getContent()

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ContentHandler()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract Object	getContent(URLConnection uConn)	Returns the object pointed by the specified URL connection uConn.
Object	getContent(URLConnection uConn, Class[] types)	Returns the object pointed by the specified URL connection uConn.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

ContentHandler

public ContentHandler()

Method Details

getContent

public abstract Object getContent(URLConnection uConn)
                           throws IOException

Returns the object pointed by the specified URL connection uConn.

Parameters:

uConn - URL connection that points to the desired object.

Returns:

object referred by uConn.

Throws:

IOException - if an IO error occurs during the retrieval of the object

getContent

public Object getContent(URLConnection uConn,
Class[] types)
                  throws IOException

Returns the object pointed by the specified URL connection uConn.

Parameters:

uConn - URL connection that points to the desired object.

types - list of acceptable content types.

Returns:

resource object pointed by this URL or null if the content doesn't match one of the specified content types.

Throws:

IOException - if an error occurred while obtaining the content.