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package org.apache.batik.util;

/**
 * Provider interface for new url protocols, used by the ParsedURL class.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:thomas.deweese@kodak.com">Thomas DeWeese</a>
 * @version $Id$
 */
public interface ParsedURLProtocolHandler {
    /**
     * Returns the protocol to be handled by this class.
     * The protocol must _always_ be the part of the URL before the
     * first ':'.
     */
    String getProtocolHandled();
    /**
     * Parse an absolute url string.
     */
    ParsedURLData parseURL(String urlStr);
    /**
     * Parse a relative url string of this protocol.
     */
    ParsedURLData parseURL(ParsedURL basepurl, String urlStr);
}