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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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