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27: * $Id: RDFReaderF.java,v 1.10 2008/01/02 12:05:48 andy_seaborne Exp $
28: */
29:
30: package com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model;
31:
32: /** An RDFReader factory inferface.
33: *
34: * <p>This factory interface is slightly unusual, in that, as well as
35: * creating and returning RDFReader's, it also provides methods
36: * for creating a reader, invoking a read method on it and then
37: * shuting it down.</p>
38: *
39: * <p>The factory will create an appropriate reader for the particular
40: * serialization language being read. Predefined languages include:</p>
41: * <ul>
42: * <li>RDF/XML - default</li>
43: * <li>RDF/XML-ABBREV</li>
44: * <li>N-TRIPLE</li>
45: * <li>N3</li>
46: * </ul>
47: *<p>System wide defaults for classes to use as readers for these languages
48: *are defined. These defaults may be overwridden by setting a system property
49: *with a name of the form com.hp.hpl.jena.readers.<lang> to the class
50: *name.</p>
51: * @author bwm
52: * @version $Version$ $Date: 2008/01/02 12:05:48 $
53: */
54:
55: public interface RDFReaderF {
56:
57: /** return an RDFReader instance for the default serialization language.
58: * @return an RDFReader instance for the default serialization language.
59: */
60: public RDFReader getReader();
61:
62: /** return an RDFReader instance for the specified serialization language.
63: * @return the RDFWriter instance
64: * @param lang the serialization langauge - <code>null</code> selects the
65: * default
66:
67: */
68: public RDFReader getReader(String lang);
69:
70: /** set the class name for the RDFReader for a langauge
71: * @param lang the language for which this class should be used
72: * @param className the class name for readers for this language
73: * @return the old class name for this language
74: */
75: public String setReaderClassName(String lang, String className);
76:
77: }
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