Source code: jacomma/icm/io/EncObjectReader.java
1 /*
2 * $Source: /home/data/cvsroot/src/jacomma/icm/io/EncObjectReader.java,v $
3 * $Revision: 1.7 $
4 * $Date: 2000/10/28 20:09:07 $
5 *
6 * This file is part of the jacomma framework
7 * Copyright (c) 2000 Dimitrios Vyzovitis
8 * mailto:dviz@egnatia.ee.auth.gr
9 *
10 *
11 *
12 *
13 *
14 *
15 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
16 * it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published by
17 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
18 * (at your option) any later version.
19 *
20 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
21 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
22 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
23 * GNU Library General Public License for more details.
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26 * along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
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29 */
30
31 package jacomma.icm.io;
32
33 import jacomma.util.Environment;
34
35 /**
36 * Usage:
37 * for( rd.start(); rd.hasNext(); rd.readNext() );
38 * rd.getObject(); // process object
39 **/
40 public interface EncObjectReader extends jacomma.util.Prototype {
41
42 public void start( java.io.InputStream stream ) throws java.io.IOException;
43
44 public boolean hasNext();
45 public void readNext() throws java.io.IOException;
46
47 public EncObject getObject();
48
49 public boolean canHandle( EncObjectType t );
50
51 public static interface Registry {
52
53 public void load( java.util.Properties prop );
54 public EncObjectReader getReader( EncObjectType t );
55 public void registerReader( java.util.Collection types, Class c );
56 public void registerReader( EncObjectType t, EncObjectReader wr );
57
58 public void dump();
59
60 public static final Registry instance = (Registry)Environment.newRegistry( EncObjectReader.class );
61 }
62
63 }