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     32 
     33 package com.jme3.asset;
     34 
     35 import java.io.IOException;
     36 
     37 /**
     38  * An interface for asset loaders. An <code>AssetLoader</code> is responsible
     39  * for loading a certain type of asset associated with file extension(s).
     40  * The loader will load the data in the provided {@link AssetInfo} object by
     41  * calling {@link AssetInfo#openStream() }, returning an object representing
     42  * the parsed data.
     43  */
     44 public interface AssetLoader {
     45 
     46     /**
     47      * Loads asset from the given input stream, parsing it into
     48      * an application-usable object.
     49      *
     50      * @return An object representing the resource.
     51      * @throws java.io.IOException If an I/O error occurs while loading
     52      */
     53     public Object load(AssetInfo assetInfo) throws IOException;
     54 }
     55