01: /*
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03: * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
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06: * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
07: * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
08: *
09: * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
10: *
11: * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
12: * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
13: * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
14: * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
15: * limitations under the License.
16: *
17: */
18:
19: package org.apache.lenya.ac.cache;
20:
21: import java.io.InputStream;
22:
23: /**
24: * Interface for objects capable of building objects from input streams.
25: * @version $Id: InputStreamBuilder.java 473861 2006-11-12 03:51:14Z gregor $
26: */
27: public interface InputStreamBuilder {
28:
29: /**
30: * Builds an object from an input stream.
31: * @param stream An input stream.
32: * @return An object.
33: * @throws BuildException when building the object failed.
34: */
35: Object build(InputStream stream) throws BuildException;
36:
37: }
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