/*
 * Copyright (C) 2005-2010 Alfresco Software Limited.
 *
 * This file is part of Alfresco
 *
 * Alfresco 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 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * Alfresco 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 Alfresco. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
package org.alfresco.repo.importer;

import java.io.Reader;


/**
 * This interface represents the contract between the importer service and a 
 * parser (which is responsible for parsing the input stream and extracting
 * node descriptions).
 * 
 * The parser interacts with the passed importer to import nodes into the
 * Repository.
 *  
 * @author David Caruana
 */
public interface Parser
{
    /**
     * Parse nodes from specified input stream and import via the provided importer
     * 
     * @param viewReader
     * @param importer
     */
    public void parse(Reader viewReader, Importer importer);

}