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package org.apache.commons.vfs2;

/**
 * Creates {@link FileContentInfo} instances to determine the content-info for given file contents.
 */
public interface FileContentInfoFactory {

    /**
     * Creates a FileContentInfo for a the given FileContent.
     *
     * @param fileContent Use this FileContent to create a matching FileContentInfo
     * @return a FileContentInfo for the given FileContent.
     * @throws FileSystemException when a problem occurs creating the FileContentInfo.
     */
    FileContentInfo create(FileContent fileContent) throws FileSystemException;
}