01: /*
02: * Spoon - http://spoon.gforge.inria.fr/
03: * Copyright (C) 2006 INRIA Futurs <renaud.pawlak@inria.fr>
04: *
05: * This software is governed by the CeCILL-C License under French law and
06: * abiding by the rules of distribution of free software. You can use, modify
07: * and/or redistribute the software under the terms of the CeCILL-C license as
08: * circulated by CEA, CNRS and INRIA at http://www.cecill.info.
09: *
10: * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
11: * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
12: * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the CeCILL-C License for more details.
13: *
14: * The fact that you are presently reading this means that you have had
15: * knowledge of the CeCILL-C license and that you accept its terms.
16: */
17:
18: package spoon.reflect;
19:
20: import java.io.IOException;
21: import java.io.InputStream;
22: import java.io.OutputStream;
23:
24: /**
25: * This interface defines the protocol to save and load a factory and it's
26: * associated model through ouput and input streams.
27: */
28: public interface ModelStreamer {
29:
30: /**
31: * Saves a factory (and all its associated Java program elements).
32: *
33: * @param f
34: * the factory to be save
35: * @param out
36: * the used output stream
37: * @throws IOException
38: * if some IO error occurs
39: */
40: void save(Factory f, OutputStream out) throws IOException;
41:
42: /**
43: * Loads a factory (and all its associated Java program elements).
44: *
45: * @param in
46: * the used input stream
47: * @return the loaded factory
48: * @throws IOException
49: * if some IO error occurs
50: */
51: Factory load(InputStream in) throws IOException;
52:
53: }
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