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-package search.contenthandler;
-
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-
-import org.apache.log4j.Category;
-
-import java.util.Map;
-
-/**
- * Factory responsible for obtaining ContentHandlers.
- *
- * @author <a href="mailto:kelvin@relevanz.com">Kelvin Tan</a>
- */
-public abstract class ContentHandlerFactory
-{
-    public static final String DEFAULT_HANDLER_KEY = "DEFAULT";
-    static Category cat = Category.getInstance(ContentHandlerFactory.class.getName());
-    private static Map handlerCache = null;
-    public static FileContentHandler getContentHandler(String extension)
-    {
-        if (handlerCache.containsKey(extension))
-            return (FileContentHandler) ((FileContentHandler) handlerCache.get(extension)).clone();
-        else if (handlerCache.containsKey(DEFAULT_HANDLER_KEY))
-            return (FileContentHandler) ((FileContentHandler) handlerCache.get(DEFAULT_HANDLER_KEY)).clone();
-        else
-            return NullHandler.getInstance();
-    }
-
-    public static void setContentHandlers(Map contentHandlers)
-    {
-        handlerCache = contentHandlers;
-    }
-}