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#ifndef _DECAF_NET_URLSTREAMHANDLERFACTORY_H_
#define _DECAF_NET_URLSTREAMHANDLERFACTORY_H_

#include <decaf/util/Config.h>

#include <string>

namespace decaf {
namespace net {

    class URLStreamHandler;

    /**
     * Defines a factory which creates an URLStreamHandler for a specified
     * protocol. It is used by the class URL.
     *
     * @since 1.0
     */
    class URLStreamHandlerFactory {
    public:

        virtual ~URLStreamHandlerFactory();

        /**
         * Creates a new {@code URLStreamHandler} instance for the given {@code
         * protocol}.
         *
         * @param protocol
         *      the protocol for which a handler is needed.
         *
         * @return pointer to the created handler.
         */
        virtual URLStreamHandler* createURLStreamHandler(const std::string& protocol) = 0;

    };

}}

#endif /* _DECAF_NET_URLSTREAMHANDLERFACTORY_H_ */