URLStreamHandlerProvider (Java SE 25 & JDK 25)
Description: declaration: module: java.base, package: java.net.spi, class: URLStreamHandlerProvider
Keywords: java.net.spi.URLStreamHandlerProvider class

# Class URLStreamHandlerProvider

java.lang.Object
java.net.spi.URLStreamHandlerProvider

All Implemented Interfaces:
  `URLStreamHandlerFactory`

public abstract class URLStreamHandlerProvider extends Object implements URLStreamHandlerFactory
URL stream handler service-provider class.

A URL stream handler provider is a concrete subclass of this class that has a zero-argument constructor. URL stream handler providers may be installed in an instance of the Java platform by adding them to the application class path.

A URL stream handler provider identifies itself with a provider-configuration file named java.net.spi.URLStreamHandlerProvider in the resource directory META-INF/services. The file should contain a list of fully-qualified concrete URL stream handler provider class names, one per line.

URL stream handler providers are located at runtime, as specified in the URL constructor.

Since:
  9

- ## Constructor Summary

  Constructors
  Modifier
  Constructor
  Description
  `protected`
  `URLStreamHandlerProvider()`
  Initializes a new URL stream handler provider.

- ## Method Summary

  ### Methods declared in class Object

  `clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

  ### Methods declared in interface URLStreamHandlerFactory

  `createURLStreamHandler`

- ## Constructor Details

  - ### URLStreamHandlerProvider

    protected URLStreamHandlerProvider()
    Initializes a new URL stream handler provider.