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/*
Wotonomy: OpenStep design patterns for pure Java applications.
Copyright (C) 2000 Intersect Software Corporation
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
License along with this library; if not, see http://www.gnu.org
*/
package net.wotonomy.foundation.xml;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.URL;
/**
* Defines an interface for classes that can de-serialize
* java objects from an XML representation.
*/
public interface XMLDecoder
{
/**
* Decodes an object from the specified input stream.
* @param anInputStream The input stream from which to read.
* The stream will be read fully.
* @param aDescription A description to accompany error messages
* for the stream, typically a file name.
* @param aURL A URL against which relative references within the
* XML will be resolved.
* @return The object that was constructed from the XML content,
* or null if no object could be constructed.
*/
public Object decode(
InputStream anInputStream, String aDescription, URL aURL );
}
/*
* $Log$
* Revision 1.1 2006/02/18 22:21:10 cgruber
* Add in simple xml interfaces from net.wotonomy.xml project.
* Add cobertura.ser to .cvsignore. God I wish sourceforge would move on this subversion thing...
*
* Revision 1.1 2006/02/16 13:22:22 cgruber
* Check in all sources in eclipse-friendly maven-enabled packages.
*
* Revision 1.2 2001/02/06 14:34:23 mpowers
* Forgot to rename the package declarations.
*
* Revision 1.1 2001/02/06 14:31:19 mpowers
* Moving XML utilities from util to xml package.
*
* Revision 1.1.1.1 2000/12/21 15:52:33 mpowers
* Contributing wotonomy.
*
* Revision 1.2 2000/12/20 16:25:48 michael
* Added log to all files.
*
*
*/
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