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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 a 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  }