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17 package org.apache.commons.vfs2;
18
19 /**
20 * Creates {@link FileContentInfo} instances to determine the content-info for given file contents.
21 */
22 public interface FileContentInfoFactory {
23
24 /**
25 * Creates a FileContentInfo for the given FileContent.
26 *
27 * @param fileContent Use this FileContent to create a matching FileContentInfo
28 * @return a FileContentInfo for the given FileContent.
29 * @throws FileSystemException when a problem occurs creating the FileContentInfo.
30 */
31 FileContentInfo create(FileContent fileContent) throws FileSystemException;
32 }